Attempt to include bogus voters in Manjolai thwarted

The effort to see bogus voters successful the voters’ database of Manjolai and different areas of the erstwhile beverage gardens successful the Western Ghats beyond Manimuthar dam has been thwarted.

After releasing the post-SIR draught electoral rotation present connected Friday, District Collector R. Sukumar said 1,906 voters were successful the Manjolai, Nalumukku, Oothu, Kakachi and Kuthiraivetti areas, each successful the Western Ghats, erstwhile the beverage property was functioning.

After the operations of the beverage property was closed down, astir of the workers had near the beverage property to settee down successful the plains similar Maanur, Tirunelveli, Reddiyarpatti, Ambasamudram, Kallidaikurichi and Manimuthar.

Even though 1,182 enumeration forms were submitted successful Manjolai, Nalumukku, Oothu, Kakachi and Kuthiraivetti areas during SIR for including them arsenic voters successful the polling booths successful Manjolai and different areas, lone 49 were recovered to beryllium surviving successful Manjolai and Nalumukku and hence remaining 1,857 names had been deleted from the electoral roll.

Those who moved to the plains from the Western Ghats tin formed their votes successful the spot wherever they unrecorded present arsenic they person submitted their enumeration forms during the SIR. Those who person been omitted successful the draught electoral rotation tin taxable Form 6 for including their names successful the electoral roll, Dr. Sukumar said.

“We are wide that everyone’s antiauthoritarian rights should beryllium guaranteed. Hence, I visited Manjolai and different areas for tract verification to place genuine voters. Based connected the tract verification, the draught electoral rotation has been prepared with the genuine voters present surviving there,” said Sub-Collector, Cheranmahadevi, Ayush Gupta.

When implicit 1,800 enumeration forms were submitted for including the voters during SIR, the AIADMK submitted a ailment with Dr. Sukumar and Mr. Ayush Gupta seeking probe into the effort to including bogus voters successful the electoral roll. Now, this effort has been thwarted.