The New Delhi District Election Officer is worried about pressure from leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), like Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh. These leaders have been coming to the officer’s office a lot, asking for personal details of people who objected to voter deletions. The officer says this information should not be shared according to the rules of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The officer wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi, expressing concerns about political interference. The letter says, “AAP leaders often visit my office to ask for details that are not meant to be shared.” The officer also mentioned that Chief Minister Atishi started meetings without telling them what would be discussed, which raised worries about political pressure.
This situation comes after AAP claimed that many voters were being removed from the electoral list in New Delhi. CM Atishi even wrote to the Delhi CEO, highlighting a big increase in voter addition and deletion requests. She mentioned that from October 29, 2024, to January 2, 2025, there were 13,276 applications to add voters and 6,166 requests to delete voters. This means that about 5.77% of the total voters could be removed, based on the latest voter list.
The assembly elections in Delhi are expected to happen in February 2025. In the last elections in 2020, AAP won 62 out of 70 seats, while BJP got 8 seats.
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