Malda D M basks in roll glory

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Feb. 9. — Regarding the publication of the dead voters’ list in each block of the district, the Malda district magistrate, Mr Abhijit Choudhuri, announced today that the Malda administration has set an example for others to follow as this is for the first time that efforts have been put towards the deletion of dead voters’ names from the electoral roll. The DM also said the dead voters’ lists have been put up on the notice board for all to see. If they think that there is any mistake in the list, they can inform the same to the electoral department so that necessary corrections can be made. It may be recalled that the district magistrate and other district election officials in consultation with the EC observer, Mr Manoj Singh, in the second phase of the elections, worked hard to delete the names of bogus and dead voters from the electoral list by issuing notices to all printing houses and seeking all documents related to funeral programmes. However, a team of election officials today conducted a door-to-door survey at the residences of the government employees to rectify the electoral rolls on the issue of “shifted” voters. It was also reported that a section of government employees, who are residents of other villages, but, are working in Malda and have their names enrolled at both the places. Also, it was reported that the election officials are seriously monitoring the process of deletion of illegal voters and suspected Bangladeshi voters from the list. They believe that it would be very tough to delete the names of Bangladeshis within a short time period, after seeking information from the Bangladeshi High Commission.