Tumakuru: Complaint filed with Central, State election panels about omitting names of 18,533 voters
Tumakuru: Social activist M B Panchaksharaiah has said that a complaint has been filed with the Central and State Election Commissions in the background of voters’ names being omitted from the list in the Tumkur City Vidhana Sabha constituency without prior notice.
In his statement released to the press, he has said, “During January 2022, the district election branch had published a draft of voters’ list, which had left out the names of 18,533 voters, without providing any prior notice to the concerned voters. In the background of the district administration and district election branch filing a complaint with the State Election Commission about the growing number of bogus voters in 2018, and due to the massive abandonment of voters, a complaint has been filed with the Central and State Election Commissions.”
He has further accused that, in the period from 2013 to 2017, names of more than 3,865 repeat voters were removed from the list. “From 2018 to 2022, up to 18,533 voters’ names were omitted from the list. There are possibilities of 10,000 to 15,000 names being removed from the voters’ list by January of 2023,” the activist added.
“In 2017-18, a team led by Sogadu Shivanna fought against inclusion of the names of bogus voters. When he mentioned that there were more than 3,600 voters then, how would there have been 18, 533 voters in the period from 2018 to 2022? In this regard, the concerned authorities have not provided any clarification so far. In the draft list published at present, the election branch has revealed that there are 2,40,918 voters, and the same list would be used even in January of 2023,” Panchaksharaiah said.
“No political party pays attention to the matter. According to the current population statistics, Tumkur City has a population of 3.5 to 4 lakh. But no political party is taking the initiative to raise their voice on this issue. Therefore, since there are high possibilities of voters’ names being removed from the list in large numbers, a complaint has been filed with the Central and State Election Commissions,” he stated.
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NDRF, SDRF teams continue efforts to rescue 3-yr-old girl from borewell in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Dec 24: Efforts to rescue a three-year-old girl who fell into a 150 feet deep borewell in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan continued on Tuesday.
The girl, Chetna, fell into the borewell while playing in the agriculture farm of her father on Monday.
SHO Sarund Mohammad Imran said teams of NDRF and SDRF are trying to rescue the girl safely.
Senior Commandant of NDRF Yogesh Meena said, "After failing to safely pull out the girl from the borewell with a ring rod, efforts are being made to pull her out with another local equipment made of iron plate."
The girl's actions were captured on camera and an oxygen pipe was lowered into the borewell to supply oxygen.
Two weeks ago, a five-year-old child fell into a borewell in Dausa district. The rescue operation to rescue the child safely lasted for more than 55 hours. However, by the time he was pulled out, the child had lost the battle of life.
