Delhi Assembly adopts resolution seeking verification of names deleted from voters list

The Delhi Assembly Tuesday adopted a resolution asking the chief electoral officer (CEO) to conduct a door-to-door survey to verify names of voters deleted from electoral rolls of the national capital.

The resolution also asked the government to initiate inquiries into all "deleted voters" who are subsequently found "genuine" and fix the responsibility of the "erring officials" and submit a report before the House within three months.

However, Opposition leader Vijender Gupta slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying the ruling party is "misleading" the House and people of Delhi.

Participating in a discussion on the resolution which was moved by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj and later passed with voice of vote, Environment Minister Imran Hussain said that names of around 10.5 lakh voters have been deleted by the poll body.

The resolution directed CEO of Delhi to put the complete list of voters that have been deleted after February, 2015 Delhi Assembly Election on its website. A physical copy and a digital copy of all such deleted voters should be provided to all recognised political parties of Delhi.

"The CEO should immediately conduct a door-to-door survey along with representatives from recognised political parties in order to ascertain the veracity of all deleted voters," resolution stated.

According to the resolution, there have been instances where person staying at the same address or in the same locality has been deleted from the voters list without any due procedure,