A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal met the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi on Wednesday to address allegations of mass voter deletions ahead of the Assembly elections here. The party's national convenor, following the meeting, alleged that the BJP was orchestrating a conspiracy to remove voters, mostly from marginalised communities, including Dalits, Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Purvanchalis, from the electoral roll.

 "We have submitted 3,000 pages of evidence showing how the BJP is conspiring to delete voters' names on a mass scale," Kejriwal claimed. He stated the EC provided several assurances, including that no large-scale deletions would occur without proper verification. The delegation included Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha, senior party leader Jasmine Shah, Pankaj Gupta, and Reena Gupta.

Taking a dig at AAP and Kejriwal, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva questioned why AAP convener is in panic mode. Describing Kejriwal’s visit to the Chief Electoral Officer as a clear sign of his panic and frustration, Delhi BJP president Virendra sachdeva said the panic displayed by Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party clearly indicates that these illegal votes were the basis of their political power.  “The BJP firmly asserts that it is only raising objections to votes cast by infiltrators, deceased individuals, or those registered under fake addresses,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kejriwal said that their demand was that this vote deletion should be stopped as the Election Commission has just done summary revision and FIRs should be filed against those who have applied for these vote deletion.  Attacking the EC, the AAP supremo claimed, "A BJP official in Shahdara constituency secretly gave a list of 11,008 voters to the Election Commission to get them deleted and the commission secretly started working on it." He further stated that the EC provided several assurances, including that no large-scale deletions would occur before the Delhi elections.

 The former chief minister of Delhi also mentioned that in cases of voter deletions, a field inquiry will be conducted by the Booth Level Officer (BLO), accompanied by representatives from various political parties. Kejriwal noted that if any individual applies to delete more than five voters' names, the concerned sub-divisional magistrate will carry out a field inquiry.

 The EC also assured AAP of strict action against those filing questionable deletion requests, he said. Calling the meeting successful, the AAP supremo expressed gratitude to the EC for their promptly action.

Senior AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also accused BJP of submitting bulk applications to remove voters' names from the electoral rolls in seven constituencies fearing defeat in the upcoming assembly elections.Addressing a press conference here with Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, Sisodia claimed, "When the BJP is unable to stop Arvind Kejriwal and unable to defeat him in elections, the BJP is trying to win it by other means."

 He alleged that the BJP members and supporters submitted mass applications to delete the names of 22,000 voters from the electoral rolls. "This is a concerning issue which exposes how 22,000 voters are being deleted -- a potential conspiracy orchestrated by the BJP. The fact that the Election Commission is considering these applications is even more dangerous," Sisodia added.