Meerut: Former Congress MLA Sanjay Kapoor has questioned the deletion of 588 names from electoral records in his native village, Gajroli, in Rampur district’s Bilaspur assembly constituency, claiming that preliminary scrutiny showed most of them were not on the previous voters’ list. He sought an inquiry into the alleged discrepancies during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
“The DM assured me that the matter would be examined after I submitted the memorandum,” he said. “The administration must clarify where these voters were previously registered, whether they were enrolled at other polling booths and the reasons for their deletion,” Kapoor said. He also sought verification of the names through their Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers and detailed reports explaining the grounds for deletion. Dwivedi could not be reached for comment despite attempts by TOI. He added that many of those shown as deleted did not reside in Gajroli.
Kapoor, who is also Congress national secretary, submitted a memorandum to district magistrate Ajay Kumar Dwivedi on Thursday, demanding a booth-wise comparison of electoral rolls published before, during and after the SIR exercise.