TPCC seeks all party meet over deleted voters issue

Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Thursday demanded an all-party meeting over the issue of deletion of votes under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. It requested the Election Commission not to come up with election schedule before the issue was resolved.

Speaking to media persons, party official spokespersons B Kamalakar Rao and G Niranjan said the GHMC officials were responsible for discrepancies in the voter list.

They not only ignored the norms, but also undermined the declarations of apex court while enlisting the number of voters under GHMC limits. They alleged that the Corporation’s officials, who have come up with the idea of linking the EPIC (Electors’ Photo Identity Card) with that of Aadhaar Card, had completely ignored the Supreme Court’s declaration that linking of both was not a mandatory exercise.

They pointed out that in September the GHMC officials have removed 89,000 voters as ‘duplicate’ based on Aadhaar card. Later, more than 6 lakh voters were removed and now they have come up with new figure of 7.9 voters as duplicate.