Kerala HC seeks EC rationalization over plea on ‘fake’ voters

The Kerala High Court on Friday sought an evidence from the Election Commission on a writ petition filed by Congress chief and Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala searching for that pretend or a number of entry voters within the electoral position be prevented from casting their votes within the upcoming Assembly polls.
Fake or a number of entry of voters has emerged as a serious challenge forward of the polls, with the Congress alleging that there are 4.34 lakh a number of or pretend voters within the last electoral checklist.
On Wednesday, the chief electoral officer for Kerala had directed all district collectors to conduct a booth-level examination of the voters’ checklist to earmark a number of or pretend entries within the electoral checklist in all 140 Assembly seats. A preliminary examination of the returning officers at numerous constituencies had prima facie ascertained that alleged anomalies had crept within the voters’ checklist. The EC has suspended a state authorities worker in Kasaragod district, who allegedly issued a number of voter ID playing cards to a single voter.
Chennithala, in his petition within the High Court, mentioned that there have been scores of complaints alleging that there have been double votes, pretend entries within the electoral rolls, unlawful enrolment of votes many occasions by a single voter, a number of id playing cards and many others.
His petition mentioned, “A cursory estimate showed that roughly 3,24,441 double votes and 1,09,601 bogus votes in the final electoral roll. Hence, there are a total 4,34,042 lakhs double/fake votes in the final electoral rolls.”