Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday raised the allegation of voter identification fraud.
In a criticism to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Mr. Chennithala stated a 61-year-old girl within the Uduma constituency in Kasaragod had come into possession of not less than 5 voter identification playing cards. She might use the playing cards to vote a number of instances. The {photograph} on the playing cards was the identical. However, the names and addresses differed barely.
Similar sample
Mr. Chennithala stated Congress staff noticed an analogous sample in all 140 constituencies in Kerala. There appeared to be a conspiracy on the authorities’s apex stage to create pretend voters to swing the election in favour of the ruling entrance illegally.
He alleged that Congress staff had stumbled upon 4,506 pretend voters within the Kazhakuttam constituency. The variety of pretend voters for Kollam was 2,534, Thrikkarippur 1,436, Koyilandy 4,611, Nadapuram 6,171, Koothuparamba 3,525 and Ambalappuzha 4,750. Mr. Chennithala stated he suspected the energetic connivance of officers chargeable for getting ready the electoral record.
Change in technique
They owed allegiance to the ruling entrance. In the previous, fraudsters had used the electoral identification playing cards of the lifeless or these not at house for bogus voting. Now, the strategy of operation had modified. The similar voter was accorded a a number of set of identification playing cards. Mr. Chennithala demanded a probe into the allegation. He stated pretend voters ought to be faraway from the electoral roll earlier than the voting day.
