Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal Replied to Mamata BANERJEE: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) rejected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations of electoral manipulation, saying that the voter list follows the legal protocol installed updated process. This comment came after Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of adding fake voters to influence elections in the state. The CEO of West Bengal issued a statement on social media, in which the process of voter list updates has been told.
What did CEO say
It is written in the post, “RP Act 1950, Voter Registration Rules 1960 and as per Rules on Voter List, work for updation of the concerned BLO, AERO, ERO, DEO and CEO voter list in any state/union territory. It is done with active participation of booth level agents appointed by political parties. Any specific claims or objections in West Bengal are made with active participation of booth level agents. BLO, 3,049 ERO and 294 ERO should be made before. “
This response from the Election Commission has come in view of the announcement of a committee to investigate alleged irregularities in voter lists across West Bengal.
Election Commission sources said, “Political parties are included in every stage of making voter list. If any political party has any objection, it is immediately heard. Every objection on adding or removing is investigated by the voter list.
On Thursday, Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of manipulating the alleged electoral misconduct in Maharashtra and Delhi, manipulating the voter lists. He claimed that the BJP has adopted a similar strategy in other states and is now trying to do the same in West Bengal.
Mamta Banerjee said, “Sitting in the office of the Election Commissioner, she has made fake voter list online and fake voters have been added in every district of West Bengal. Using this trick, she has won elections in Delhi and Maharashtra. Opposition in Maharashtra could not detect these facts. Most of the fake voters are from Haryana and Gujarat. BJP is making a manner in the voter list of Election Commission.
What did Mamta Banerjee say
Mamta Banerjee, while urging the people of West Bengal to verify her name in the voter list, warned that legitimate voters can be removed on the pretext of the National Citizen Register (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He said, “Real names in the name of NRC and CAA can be removed on any day. It has two main objectives. One is to defeat TMC and remove the names of individuals through them from them. The district president has to do this at the booth level. “
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