Enroll your names in voters list by Nov 20: CEO Sanjeev Kumar
2019 Lok Sabha election
Bengaluru, October 10: As those, who complete 18 years as on January 2019, were eligible for exercising their votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, they should enroll themselves by November 20, said Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar.
Speaking to reporters at his office here on Wednesday, Sanjeev Kumar said that except the constituencies where by-elections would be held, the Election Commission has announced the provisional list of voters in all 198 Assembly constituencies in the state which has 4,48,89,191 voters. Now the drafts of the voters lists were announced. Those who want to include their names in the voters lists, should file their applications at the offices of tahsildars in rural areas and revenue office and through online in urban areas, he said.
Final list on Jan 4
Verification would be conducted to certify the personal details and residential address of those who apply for the enrollment. Later, the final list would be announced on January 4, he said.
BBMP limits
The draft copy of the voters list of 28 Assembly constituencies in the BBMP limits has total 89,57,064 voters and the new voters could enroll their names by November 20, BBMP Commissioner Manjunath Prasad said appealing the eligible voters to enroll themselves without fail.
Each Assembly constituency should have average 66 to 68 per cent of voters. But the Yeshwanthpur has 73.99%, KR Puram-72.47%, RR Nagar-69.67% voters. Mahalakshmi Layout, Padmanabha Nagar, Rajajinagar, Jayanagar, Gandhinagar, BTM Layout have less voters. It would be verified and take a decision, he said.
“While enrolling in the voters list from October 10-20, the political parties should appoint their agents in each polling booth to avoid confusions. If it happens, there will be no issues after the announcement of the final voters list”.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer
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BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
