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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi connected Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to grow the database of documents accepted nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) portion raising concerns implicit what helium described arsenic anomalies successful the ongoing exercise.
Addressing the media, Mr. Owaisi said the 12 documents presently prescribed by the ECI should not beryllium treated arsenic an exhaustive list. He called connected the Telangana authorities to pass the ECI astir the documents it issues truthful that they excessively tin beryllium considered valid for verification.
“We are requesting the ECI to judge PAN cards, which are issued by the Central government. The State authorities issues achromatic ration cards and Food Security cards. You tin cheque these cards and judge them. The State authorities besides issues driving licences,” helium said, adding that Telangana does not contented 3 of the 12 documents listed by the ECI.
The Hyderabad MP besides questioned the criteria being utilized to classify voters arsenic anomalies. He said a voter’s grounds was being flagged if the property spread betwixt a begetter and kid was 15 years, betwixt a gramps and grandchild was 40 years, oregon if a elector had six children. Pointing to examples, Mr. Owaisi said some Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath person six siblings. “I excessively person six children,” helium remarked.
Citing information from Zaheerabad Assembly constituency, helium said that of the 2,57,090 radical mapped, 1,45,794 had been categorised arsenic electors with anomalies, including 1,31,936 voters. He expressed interest that specified voters could beryllium near retired of the draught electoral rolls.
“I americium saying this with a warrant that galore BLOs successful Sangareddy themselves are successful the database of anomalies,” helium said. He besides pointed retired a anticipation of spelling errors successful antithetic elector lists starring to electors being classified arsenic anomalies. “It was the predetermination committee that recorded these names [while preparing 2002 draught rolls]. Why should the radical beryllium punished for this?” helium said.
The AIMIM main added that the National Register of Citizens and National Population Register enactment was being carried retired by means of the SIR exercise.
Touching upon the incidental successful which Indian seafarers were killed by US forces, Mr. Owaisi condemned the incidental and described US President Donald Trump arsenic “crazy”. “Trump has gone mad. CENTCOM knows what ships are passing there. He has made a tamasha,” helium said.
