Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj connected Friday accused the Election Commission (EC) of “failing to enactment connected complaints” of alleged irregularities successful the elector database of the Delhi Assembly predetermination held earlier this year.
Mr. Bharadwaj cited an RTI effect received on September 9, which stated that “no enactment is pending” connected complaints filed earlier by past Chief Minister Atishi and AAP nationalist convener Arvind Kejriwal.
The reply, helium said, besides mentioned determination was “no accusation available” connected whether an FIR had been filed, whether the substance was forwarded to different department, oregon wherefore nary enactment was taken connected grounds of deficiency of nationalist interest.
The EC, however, countered the complaint connected X, saying it had already issued a “detailed reply of 76 pages consisting of 7 annexures, including reports of predetermination officers, connected 13.01.2025 to Ms. Atishi, the past CM of Delhi”.
‘Murder of democracy’
Mr. Bharadwaj besides alleged large-scale elector deletions, pointing to the New Delhi constituency, wherever “42,000 names were removed from the rolls successful precocious 2024, followed by different 6,100”. “For the past 11 years, a systematic conspiracy of ballot theft has been murdering democracy,” helium said.
In its defence, the EC said each steps taken by the predetermination machinery were successful enactment with the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and EC guidelines.
“Allegations of non-compliance, inaction, oregon deficiency of transparency are factually incorrect and devoid of merit,” it said.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva dismissed AAP’s charges, saying the enactment has developed a “phobia” since the peculiar intensive revision of electoral rolls began.
“If you believed they were your voters, you should person ensured their names were connected the rolls. Instead of working, you are present crying foul,” helium said, challenging AAP to record an affidavit-backed ailment with the canvass body.
