Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb. 5. — Three government employees, including a joint BDO, have been removed from all election-related duty in Malda district, according to the direction of the election commission observer, Mr Manoj Singh, election officials said today. Today, district election officials also issued show cause notices to some government employees, including the block development officer of Habibpur. Election officials today informed that the number of presently detected dead voters [the number is 39,000] is likely to be doubled after thorough door-to-door investigations conducted by senior officers. It may be recalled that the EC observer, Mr Manoj Singh, scientifically expedited the second phase of revision of electoral rolls in this district after interacting with the district election officials. Senior officers detected more dead voters in Araidanga and Ratua constituencies, officials said today. Election officials have also detected four names which were deleted as dead voters’ names. The so-called dead voters are presently living in the area of polling station number 112 in Ratua. The district election department has given show cause notices to the concerned government employees and instructed them to submit their clarification. The BDO of Habibpur has been instructed to submit clarification about a girl voter who was enlisted without proof of her age. Mr BP Barat, the additional district magistrate, said: “We had counted 201 voters as dead at 15 polling stations, but the figure is 314 at present in Araidanga.” He added: “Similarly, in another part, the number of dead voters has increased from 53 to 140 at a few polling stations.”
DM notification to catch ghost voters
Statesman News Service
Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb. 5. — Facing difficulties to identify ghost voters including the Bangladeshis and the dead ones for revision of electoral rolls, the Malda district magistrate has issued a special public notification seeking specific information related to voters from the people. “If you have specific information related to migrated voters and dead voters, please inform to the block development officer or sub divisional officer or district election office”, the notice said. “Your information will be considered perfectly”, it added. Formerly, the district magistrate was trying hard to identify the dead voters issuing notices to all printing houses in the district seeking all records of printing orders of cards for funeral programmes. The owners of the printing houses have been instructed to submit the information immediately. Mr Manoj Singh, EC observer, is still working on its own way to detect any irregularities in the process of roll revision related to dead, migrated or shifted and Bangladeshi voters.
EC observer worried over Malda ghost voters
MALDA, Feb. 3. — The election observer for Malda is worried about the deletion of the names of the bogus and illegal voters from the voters’ list after the top district officials informed them that strict action would be taken against them, if they are unable to carry out the election work as per the EC guidelines, officials said today. The electoral officials have been instructed to conduct a sample checking of three villages for further verification of duplicate, migrated and dead voters while preparing the final sheet of the electoral rolls, along with the list of EPIC that will be published in the third week of February. Interestingly, the administration today issued an order to all printing houses in the district, asking them to submit documents of printing orders for funeral ceremony, in order to identify the dead voters. A group of senior officers have been specially engaged to conduct the further verification and sample checking from door to door. Further, the district officials have also sought for reports on birth and death records in the district. The officials, however, complain that many poor people do not possess death certificates and the records of printing houses are not sufficient for proper verification. The EC observer is still visiting villagers with the help of the district officials. Though, no date has been finalised about the meeting between the observer and the all political party leaders, the election department has informed the political parties to meet the EC observer directly and fix a date for the meeting. The EC observer is interacting with officials regularly on the issue of roll revision. The election officials too are working on shifted voters and an order has been issued to all departmental head of government seeking submission of notices about present location of polling stations, where the final enlistment of the name of the voters will be put up. — SNS
MALDA, Feb. 3. — The election observer for Malda is worried about the deletion of the names of the bogus and illegal voters from the voters’ list after the top district officials informed them that strict action would be taken against them, if they are unable to carry out the election work as per the EC guidelines, officials said today. The electoral officials have been instructed to conduct a sample checking of three villages for further verification of duplicate, migrated and dead voters while preparing the final sheet of the electoral rolls, along with the list of EPIC that will be published in the third week of February. Interestingly, the administration today issued an order to all printing houses in the district, asking them to submit documents of printing orders for funeral ceremony, in order to identify the dead voters. A group of senior officers have been specially engaged to conduct the further verification and sample checking from door to door. Further, the district officials have also sought for reports on birth and death records in the district. The officials, however, complain that many poor people do not possess death certificates and the records of printing houses are not sufficient for proper verification. The EC observer is still visiting villagers with the help of the district officials. Though, no date has been finalised about the meeting between the observer and the all political party leaders, the election department has informed the political parties to meet the EC observer directly and fix a date for the meeting. The EC observer is interacting with officials regularly on the issue of roll revision. The election officials too are working on shifted voters and an order has been issued to all departmental head of government seeking submission of notices about present location of polling stations, where the final enlistment of the name of the voters will be put up. — SNS
EC man checks on Bangladeshi voters in Malda
MALDA. Feb. 2. – The election observer for Malda, Mr. Manoj Singh, today enquired the Malda district election officials about the illegal establishment of Bangladeshi national into the electoral rolls and ration cards.
Mr. Singh also asked what steps have been taken by the administration to delete the illegal names from the lists.
Discussing the matter in detail with the Malda election officials, Mr. Singh suggested that a comprehensive research should be taken up to detect the illegal entries and their deletion from the ration card and electoral lists.
The election commission observer also instructed the election officials to search the names of declaration of government employees who have been transferred in the region, but still have their names on the ration card and electoral rolls.
Mr. Singh suggested that the officials check legal papers dealing with records on the mutation of land to detect names of the dead people on the electoral rolls.
According to the report submitted to the EC observer, 1.8 per cent new voters are being included in the electoral rolls for publication in this district.
Reportedly, the district officials had received 1,66,000 applications, out of which, nearly 70,000 applications have been accepted for inclusion.
On the other hand, the district election officials have already deleted nearly 39,000 names as identified them as either dead or duplicate voters. The electoral officials have accepted 929 objections for deletion.
It was reported that nearly 30,000 ration cards have been detected as fake till date.
The district officials had decided to issue individual notification to the shifted voters requesting them to attend the hearing before taking final decision of deletion.
The observer today visited more than three block areas to judge the situation as reported by the political leaders and others. SNS
MALDA. Feb. 2. – The election observer for Malda, Mr. Manoj Singh, today enquired the Malda district election officials about the illegal establishment of Bangladeshi national into the electoral rolls and ration cards.
Mr. Singh also asked what steps have been taken by the administration to delete the illegal names from the lists.
Discussing the matter in detail with the Malda election officials, Mr. Singh suggested that a comprehensive research should be taken up to detect the illegal entries and their deletion from the ration card and electoral lists.
The election commission observer also instructed the election officials to search the names of declaration of government employees who have been transferred in the region, but still have their names on the ration card and electoral rolls.
Mr. Singh suggested that the officials check legal papers dealing with records on the mutation of land to detect names of the dead people on the electoral rolls.
According to the report submitted to the EC observer, 1.8 per cent new voters are being included in the electoral rolls for publication in this district.
Reportedly, the district officials had received 1,66,000 applications, out of which, nearly 70,000 applications have been accepted for inclusion.
On the other hand, the district election officials have already deleted nearly 39,000 names as identified them as either dead or duplicate voters. The electoral officials have accepted 929 objections for deletion.
It was reported that nearly 30,000 ration cards have been detected as fake till date.
The district officials had decided to issue individual notification to the shifted voters requesting them to attend the hearing before taking final decision of deletion.
The observer today visited more than three block areas to judge the situation as reported by the political leaders and others. SNS
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