Furkan Voter ID Controversy: The case of the name of voter list in UP elections 2022 is again in the news. The Samajwadi Party alleged that thousands of Yadavs and Muslim voter were disappeared from the list, affecting the election results.
Akhilesh Yadav Voter List Issue: The politics of Uttar Pradesh has become hot again these days. The reason is the controversy over the name of the voter list in the 2022 assembly elections. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has once again made serious allegations against the Election Commission. The party says that thousands of supporters were denied the right to vote, which directly affected the election results.
How did the dispute begin?
Recently, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed on the social media platform X that he had given 18,000 complaints of voter list disturbances in the 2022 assembly elections with affidavits. They allege that despite this, the Election Commission did not take any action.
In response to this claim, the District Magistrates (DMS) of Jaunpur, Kasganj and Barabanki denying the allegations of Akhilesh Yadav said that many complaints of SP were found wrong in the investigation.
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SP’s press conference in Barabanki
The SP held a press conference in Barabanki to protest this stance of the Election Commission. Former assembly candidate and former cabinet minister Rakesh Verma said: “We complained many times that thousands of Yadavs and Muslim voters were disappeared from the list. Even some people were shown dead and their name was cut off.”
Rakesh Verma claims that more than 10 thousand such cases were reported in his assembly. He also said that if the Election Commission is correct then it should answer with affidavit.
Examples of name being cut off from voter list
Former MLC Rajesh Yadav gave examples and said:
- Nasreen Bano’s voter ID was formed in 2016, but the name was removed by showing him dead in 2022 elections. He was later released a new ID in June 2022.
- The same thing happened to Furkan. Before the election, his name was also deleted by showing the deceased.
SP leaders allege that all this was done in a planned manner to weaken the SP’s vote bank.
Opposition allegations against Election Commission
SP District President Hafiz Ayaz said: “Our supporters’ names were cut, which lost the opportunity to form the government. If the national leadership ordered, we will agitate.”
At the same time, Akhilesh Yadav again questioned that if the name was not wrong, then what was the need to clarify after so many years?
The SP claims that it will continue the struggle over the matter. At the same time, the Election Commission and the district administration are adamant on justifying their investigation report. The question is whether this mystery of cutting the name from the voter list will ever solve it completely?
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