Date: 7th May 2013
To,
Mr Anil Kumar Jha
Chief
Electoral Officer
Office
of The Chief Electoral Officer
Nirvachana
Nilaya
Maharani's
College Circle, Sheshadri Road
Bangalore
560 001
Sub: Deletion of the Voters form the Voter List
Dear Sir,
At
the outset, we take this opportunity to congratulate the Election Commission
Karnataka for successfully conducting peaceful elections in the state.
As
you are aware voting is a constitutional right given to every citizen of India
who is 18 years and above, unfortunately we are placing some facts on record
which has denied the very right that the constitution of India has provided.
In
the recent Assembly election that was held on 5th May 2013, it was
common sight of voters who had voted in the last elections came with the voter ID
cards, were shocked when they were told that their names are not found in the
official updated voter list. As political party representatives we had to face
the angry voters who were denied the constitutional right.
We
would like to bring to your notice that there has been a large scale random
deletion of voter names from the voter list in Bommanahalli Assembly
Constituency. We suspect vested forces operating in nexus with the relevant
government functionaries in the wrongful deletion of the voter names and
denying them the constitutional right to vote.
In
this connection we are raising some serious concerns and question as below:
1.
What was basis on which voters names were
deleted from the list that was published for 05-05-2013 polling?
2.
Who was the nodal authority who
initiated and authorized the deletions of the voter names?
3.
Was the consent of the voters sort
before deletion?
4.
Was there enough evidence established
before the deletion of the voter names either through door-to-door visits or in
form of declaration from such voters?
We
demand a detailed response for the above mentioned question and further request
you to conduct a full fledged enquiry into the malpractices that have occurred
in the process of voter validation and registration in the Bommanahalli
Assembly Constituency.
In
the interest of the voters who have been denied the constitutional right of
voting, we would request you to instruct the concerned authorities to swing
into action without any delay and validate and incorporate the deleted names of
the voters and grant them the right that the constitution of India has mandated.
Further,
it was also observed that the responsibility of distribution of the voter ID’s
that vests with the BBMP authorities, but the shocking fact that came to light
during this election is that in Bommanahalli Assembly Constituency bulk voter
ID’s of the newly registered voters were handed over to the ruling government
representatives and other unauthorized individuals by the BBMP authorities who
were actually responsible for the distribution of voter ID’s to the right
individuals. Similar cases have come to light in other BBMP Wards of
Bommanahalli Assembly Constituency, we would request an affirmative action
against the person/s responsible for distribution of the voter ID’s
We
truly believe that that the state election commission would take cognizance of
all the above concerns raised and act upon without any prejudices and ensure
justice to the voters who have been denied the constitutional right.
We
submit this memorandum on behalf of the voters who have been denied the right
to vote due to the wrong doing of the government functionaries. We request you
not to treat this memorandum as a political allegation but as a serious concern
on behalf of the citizens who were denied the constitutional right in Bommanahalli
Assembly Constituency.
We
have enclosed copies of some of the voter ID cards and voter ID numbers who
were denied the constitutional right to vote.
Looking
forward to hearing from you at the earliest.
Many
Thanks,
Warm
Regards
Kavitha Reddy
Attachments
Unable
to locate the details of the voter who came with voter ID cards we had sent sms
on behalf of the following voter ID # to KAEPIC Voter ID # to 9243355223,
the response for the same was ‘EPIC is
not Correct. Please check your EPIC Number!!!’
- KT/13/076/165486
- MCL1440973
- UHN5400882
- MCL1420165
- UHN2997112
- UHN2997120
- MCL2990968
- UHN0663740
- UHN0167007
- UHN4444931
- UHN0663997
- KT/11/089/1377383
Below
is the copy of the list of voters (family) who could not vote even though they
have been residing in the same house for a long time and had voted in the
previous elections in polling station 37 of Ward 174 Bommanahalli Assembly
Constituency.
