Trinamool, BJD and BJP delegations meet ECI over fake voter ID cards issue

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Trinamool Congress — met the Election Commission of India separately on Tuesday over the allegations of irregularities in voter numbers, demanding action by the poll body.

The BJP also visited the poll panel in West Bengal over the alleged fake voters in the state, claiming that Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas have been included in voters' list.

The BJP also alleged the state government of West Bengal has played a role in settling a significant number of Bangladeshi infiltrators and adding them to the voter list. This has weakened our electoral process and these voter lists should be scanned, the BJP demanded.

The delegation of Trinamool Congress, led by its Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O'Brian, met the poll panel over the issue of duplicate Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC).

The party, in its memorandum, said that the issue of duplicate EPIC numbers was kept buried, allegedly for several years, until it was flagged by the party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

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The Trinamool also sought details on how many duplicate EPIC numbers and multiple voters have been issued by the ECI and in which states has this happened. The party also alleged that with the issuance of duplicate EPIC numbers the voting rights of voters were snatched and given to other individuals, the memorandum reads.

Echoing similar sentiments, the BJD suggested an independent audit of the poll process and monitoring by citizens.
The BJD leaders said the Election Commission should conduct a periodic «process audit» of the entire election exercise by independent auditors or the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and make its report public as is being done in several