The District Election Officer of New Delhi has raised concerns about senior AAP leaders including Rajya Sabha MPs Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh exerting pressure on him to share the personal details of objectors.

In a letter to the Chief Election Officer, Delhi dated January 4, he said, “I am writing to bring to your notice a matter of concern pertaining to the independent functioning of the institution of District Election Officer, New Delhi district. Representatives of the Aam Aadmi Party have been frequently visiting my office and are asking for personal details of objectors which are not mandated to be shared as per ECI guidelines.”

He added that the AAP delegation visited his office on December 21, 28, 29 last year and on January 3, 2025 and there have been attempts on their part to exert pressure on me by asking for personal details of the objector and other such information which falls outside the purview of routine operations. He requested the CEO to provide insight and guidance in this matter on whether he is allowed to attend meetings called by the ruling government, without any prior meeting agenda or any other appropriate action as deemed fit by authority.

He also mentioned that Chief Minister Atishi has been calling me for a meeting on December 4 without a specified agenda and in the past also, has called me for a meeting without any agenda, wherein discussion regarding electoral rolls was held.

He also wrote to the OSD of the Chief Minister to convey the agenda of the upcoming meeting in advance so that he may come prepared for the meeting as well the timing may be rescheduled to allow me to reach the Office of CM, GNCTD in prescribed time.

“In light of this, I respectfully request that the agenda for our upcoming meeting be shared with me in advance. This would enable me to come prepared and ensure that the meeting is productive,” he added. Further, the Additional District Magistrate wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Devesh Mahla to provide security cover in the office of DEO for ensuring law and order in order to prevent any mishappening.

“I am writing to bring to your attention the frequent presence of representatives of political parties in the office of District Election Office in light of Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections, 2025. It is imperative to mention that under such circumstances, there is possibility of breach of peace and pressures being imposed on the office functionaries including DEO in order to disturb the process of conduct of election,” the officer said.

He added, “In light of the above, I kindly request your intervention in deploying adequate police personnel at the location of our office i.e. 12/1 Jam Nagar House, for ensuring law and order in order to prevent any mishappening. The presence of security forces will deter any attempts to sabotage the ongoing election process and help the staff and officers involved in the election process to discharge their duties without fear or coercion.”

Meanwhile, Atishi on Monday alleged a 'voters scam' in the New Delhi constituency from where AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is contesting the upcoming assembly elections. She claimed that in the past few days, 10 percent of new voters had been added to the New Delhi constituency electoral roll, and 5.5 per cent of voters had been deleted.

“In the New Delhi Assembly constituency, which has approximately one lakh voters, between December 15 and January 2, applications for adding 10,500 new voters were submitted. Adding 10,000 new voters in a constituency with one lakh voters could completely alter the election outcome,” she said.

"When the Election Commission summoned these 84 objectors for a hearing, the scam was exposed. The objectors denied filing any applications," she claimed.       

 The CM also questioned the role of the election commission in the matter and said that the commission's role is 'suspicious' in this as they have not investigated the matter. "I have written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner regarding this scam in the New Delhi assembly and have asked for time to address our concerns," she said.

Responding to the AAP accusations, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said, "Team Kejriwal must understand that the civil society of Delhi wants to make Delhi free of fake and fraudulent voters. Any political party opposing the removal of fake votes will be ousted by the people of Delhi."

"Delhiites are actively working to remove fake, fraudulent, shifted, and deceased votes, and many social organisations are focusing on removing the votes of Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims," he added.