Statesman News Service
MALDA, March 24. — The Malda district election officials are seriously looking into the complaint filed against Mr Goutam Chakraborty, the Congress sabhadhipati of Malda Zilla Parishad, by the CPI-M, which demanded the deletion of his name from the electoral roll for being a “shifted voter”, officials today informed.
The election officials on the other hand claimed that a close study proves that inclusion of names in the electoral rolls by giving false statements is a common practice among political workers and leaders.
Not only the Congress workers, but also the CPI-M and other workers have got their names enrolled by providing false statements to the government officials for their vested political interests.
After the implementation of the Election Commission’s guidelines for electoral roll revision, several such cases related to “shifted voters” as in the case of the Congress sabhadhipati, have been detected in the district.
A group of villagers of Milky in English Bazaar backed by the CPI-M yesterday demanded the deletion of the name of the Mr Goutam Chakraborty from the electoral roll for being a “shifted voter”.
But, the complainants now have decided to lodge a fresh complaint on the same matter with the EC, alleging that they have lost faith in the district election officials.
Mr Chakraborty, a resident of English Bazar, was able to contest in the zilla parishad election even after the deletion of his name from the electoral roll in the English Bazaar town.
On the other hand, CPI-M leader Mr Biswanath Ghosh, who is also contesting from Kaliachak Assembly this year, had included his name in Amrity village in English Bazaar for political gains.
He also made provisions for contesting panchayat election for being an original resident of municipal area.
Under a rigid system of electoral roll revision, the CPI-M leader had reportedly applied for the transferring of his name from rural to urban region to be establish himself as an Indian citizen to gain voting rights and also the right to contest in any election, besides the gram panchayat.
A senior district election official said: “We are looking into the matter seriously. The result in this case may be negative, according to the EC rules prescribed for shifted voters”.
“The sabhadhipati has to apply in form 8-A to get his name transferred from one place to another. He will have to apply in form 6-A for fresh inclusion of his name,” the CPI-M leaders claimed. #
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