EC ought to probe rise in variety of voters in rolls: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday demanded a probe by the Election Commission into the alleged rise within the variety of voters within the state within the draft electoral rolls for West Bengal. Addressing mediapersons on the social gathering’s Hastings workplace within the metropolis, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta mentioned, “There has been a 9.6 per cent enhance within the variety of voters within the draft electoral for West Bengal that was printed lately. This is a big quantity.
The most important enhance in variety of voters has been reported from Malda, Murshidabad, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Jalpaiguri districts. All these districts share its border with Bangladesh. Therefore we’re involved about this enhance. Today, we have now submitted a letter to the deputy election commissioner on this regard to conduct a probe into this.”
Dasgupta additionally mentioned the ballot panel should be sure that no unlawful voter is included within the remaining electoral roll for the state which is scheduled to be printed on January 15.

Meanwhile, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh demanded deployment of central paramilitary forces within the stat “as soon as possible”. “Central forces must be deployed in the state as soon as possible. It should be deployed from February. The Election Commission is well aware of the situation in the state, especially the law and order. We have also intimidated the poll panel in this regard. The Model Code of Conduct should also be enforced as early as possible,” mentioned Ghosh.
Generally, the ballot code comes into drive as soon as election notification is introduced.