Dead in voters list: EC 'warns' collector of MP's Shivpuri

The Election Commission (EC) has issued warning to Shivpuri Collector Tarun Rathi for failing to review voters list for the Madhya Pradesh's Kolaras Assembly constituency, where by-elections were held on February 24, that led to inclusion of over 5,500 dead and 1,900 multiple entries in it.

The EC has written to Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary and asked him to ensure that Rathi, a 2010-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is given the warning -- considered as punishment in administrative parlance.

The move comes following a complaint by the Congress party to the EC on alleged irregularities in the voters list in the constituency.

The Madhya Pradesh's chief electoral officer in a recent letter also blamed the district collector and the district's electoral officer for the lapse, saying, "There were 1,918 multiple entries and 5,537 dead voters in the voters list during the by-election in Kolaras in Shivpuri district."