The BJP and Congress have come face-to-face over allegations of unauthorised voters being added to the voter list ahead of the Municipal Corporation election in Baddi.
The Opposition BJP has accused the state government and the local administration of registering outsiders in the voter list under political pressure in a bid to favour the local MLA.
Former BJP MLA Paramjeet Singh Pammi has demanded cancellation of the alleged unauthorised votes.
He said the Congress faced a clear drubbing in the Panchayati Raj elections, and its supported candidates also lost two of the three Zila Parishad seats in Doon as well as Block Development Committee polls, after which the party was now trying to add unauthorised migrant voters in every ward to gain an unfair advantage in the upcoming civic body polls.
Countering the allegations, Congress leader and former Municipal Council president Madan Lal Choudhary expressed faith in the administration’s functioning and dismissed the BJP’s charges as baseless.
Former MLA Paramjeet Singh further alleged that voters from other states, already registered in their parent states, were being added to the electoral rolls. He claimed that the administration and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were preparing the voter list under pressure from the sitting MLA Ramkumar.
He warned that if the administration does not take swift action, BJP workers will take to the streets, go on a hunger strike, and even approach the High Court seeking justice. He demanded a fair investigation and immediate cancellation of the alleged fake votes.
Baddi SDM Sanjeev Kumar said that during the special revision of the voter list, all claims and objections received until June 27 had already been disposed of by the Revising Authority.
He said there is now only a provision for appeals until July 2. If anyone has an objection or complaint regarding any name, they can file an appeal under the prescribed procedure, and the final decision rests with the State Election Commission.
