BJP MlA Nandkumar Sahu on Tuesday alleged gross irregularities in the preparation of voter list in the Raipur Rural Assembly segment.
In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Sahu said that a large number of ‘bogus’ entries have been made in the voter list in his constituency with a single house even displaying names 12 people with different religions staying in the same house.
Similarly, one name in the voter list is appearing several times in the same voter list, he alleged.
Sahu urged the Election Commission to order a probe for finding out who is behind the irregularities.
‘It appears to be a conspiracy by somebody to systematically add bogus voters in the list,’ he told reporters in a news conference here.
When the survey was conducted by our own partymen in Raipur Rural Assembly segment, it was found that there were 7,000 to 8,000 voters not staying in the addresses mentioned in the voter list, Sahu said.
This apart, the voter list had 150 names with a ‘double entry’ besides 700 fake enteries.The Assembly segment has a total of 210 booths, he added.
Sachchidanand Upasane, State BJP Vice President and party spokesperson said that the matter needs to be thoroughly investigated to find out who is behind
the irregularities.