The Congress on Sunday alleged that there are discrepancies in the Telangana voter list and sought the intervention of the Election Commission (EC) in the "strongest possible manner".
Addressing the media, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said, there were around 70 lakh discrepancies in the voter list in Telangana. "The problem of duplicates, deleted votes and disqualified voters is far more acute in Telangana than could have been imagined, " he said. The party might move court to ensure that the alleged discrepancies and anomalies in the electoral rolls are corrected before any election is held in the State.
The Congress has already moved a petition in the Supreme Court on alleged discrepancies in electoral rolls in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, where polls are due this year-end. Singhvi alleged that out of the total 70 lakh discrepancies, names of over 30 lakh voters were duplicated and 20 lakh deleted on the pretext that they have left for Andhra Pradesh. The same have not been added to the voter list of Andhra Pradesh, he claimed.