Remove anomalies in revised rolls: DMK

Chennai: The Opposition DMK on Wednesday moved the Election Commission of India, seeking the removal of certain anomalies in the inclusion and deletion of names in the electoral rolls.

DMK organisation secretaries T.K.S Elangovan and R. S. Bharathi submitted a memorandum to chief electoral officer Sandeep Saxena, complaining of ‘multiplication of double entries’ of electors.

“Some names of the voters with their photographs are entered in more than one place with different identification numbers. Those persons will be receiving more than one identification number. This anomaly will make it possible for the elector to cast more than one vote in an election,” party functionaries said in the statement.

DMK advocates who also accompanied the functionaries alleged that local tahsildars and revenue officials, entrusted with the duty of inclusion and deletion of names by the district election officers, were not receiving the complaints made by DMK’s booth level agents.

“We request you to take appropriate action to rectify this anomaly, otherwise the election will be a mere mockery,” the party said, and attached some copies of voter cards that it claimed were duplicates, given to one individual with different numbers.

“We noticed the duplicates in the Saidapet assembly constituency in ward 142. Such situations do not augur well at the time of elections and it might lead to rigging of votes,” said former Chennai mayor M. Subramanian. “We have also come across such multiple entries in Kolathur constituency and also in parts of Madurai,” he added.
The CEO assured the DMK members that he would look into the issue.