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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Bengal: On way to PM's rally, 3 mowed down by train amid dense fog
Kolkata (PTI): Three persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a train amid dense fog on Saturday, while travelling to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Taherpur in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior official said.
The incident occurred between Taherpur and Badkulla railway stations under the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section of Eastern Railway, he said.
Modi, whose helicopter could not land at Taherpur due to dense fog and low visibility, condoled the death of the “BJP workers” in his virtual address from Kolkata airport.
“I have come to know that some BJP workers, while travelling to the rally, lost their lives in a rail accident. My condolences are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones, and I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Modi said.
The Eastern Railway official told PTI that the incident occurred in the morning when these people, who were travelling by a bus, had stopped the vehicle and walked to the railway tracks to answer nature's call.
"While three persons died on the spot, two others with injuries were admitted to a local hospital," he said.
Another person with minor injuries was released after having been administered first aid, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Ramprasad Ghosh (74), Shaktipada Sutradhar (55) and Gopinath Das (38).
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, alleged that the BJP ignored the incident and went ahead with the rally.
"Terrible tragedy hushed up at altar of @narendramodi ego. @BJP4India supporters brought from far Murshidabad for PM rally in Ranaghat today," she said in a post on X.
"4 went to answer nature's call and were killed by 31814 down local train near Taherpur. BJP ignored, blacked out & went ahead with rally," Moitra claimed.
Reacting to her remarks, the West Bengal BJP, in a post on X, asserted that the TMC "has always been adept at milking tragedies", and was being "disrespectful to the unfortunate victims of this tragedy".
The TMC alleged that BJP leaders have not shown "neither concern nor compassion" over the mishap.
"The loss of three lives in Taherpur should have united everyone in grief. But @BJP4India leaders showed neither concern nor compassion," it said in another post on X.
"At this painful moment, Smt @MamataOfficial and Shri @abhishekaitc put humanity above party lines and stood beside the families of the deceased," the party said.
TMC’s on-ground leaders promptly reached out to the grieving family members, ensuring them of help and assistance, it said.
"While Delhi’s rulers chase Bengal with arrogance, our leadership chose empathy. This is the difference between politics of power and politics of people!" the TMC added.
