38,586 multiple entries detected, EC tells HC
The Hindu
‘Physical verification will be conducted by BLOs’
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday informed the Kerala High Court that the ECI had been able to identify only 38,586 demographically similar entries (DSEs) from 3,16,671 entries in the electoral rolls in the State after an intensive analysis of the data provided by the political parties regarding the multiple entries in the electoral roll. The ECI submitted that in respect of each 38,586 DSEs, physical verification would be conducted by the booth level officers (BLOs) and it would be marked in the ASD (Absentees, Shifted and Dead) list to be prepared by the BLO and such list would be furnished to the presiding offices along with the voters’ list to avert bogus voting.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.