A large number of Congress party workers led by CGPCC Vice President and party’s Raipur city In-charge, BD Qureshi on Monday gheraoed the District Collector’s office here to register their protest against alleged irregularities in enlisting names in the voters list.
“Names of many persons including the family members of former Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh late Shyama Charan Shukla’s and Congress Corporator from Khamhardih, who exercised their franchise in the Assembly and lok Sabha polls have been removed from the voters list” he alleged.
Besides, name of the voters of some wards where Congress had registered victory with minimal margin in last civic body polls have been transferred in the list of adjacent wards, Querashi added.
The agitated party workers alleged that about 60,000 to 70,000 such voters are being deprived from their constitutional rights, due to alleged irregularities on part of the officials concerned.
The Congress leader accused the ruling BJP government for colluding with the officials to win the civic body polls scheduled by the end of this year.
Following their protest, the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) arrived at the spot and assured the agitated party workers to look into the matter.
The Congress party leaders and workers then reached the office of Electoral Officer with their demand for increasing time-limit of ongoing name enlisting/removal/modification work in the voters’ list upto September 30.
The Election Officer, PC Dalai assured the party leaders of discussing the issue with the Collector and soon taking an appropriate decision in
this regard.