Bengal voter with certificate issued before birth comes under poll body radar
India Today
While the SIR drive was ongoing in the state, the constituent submitted a birth certificate that listed March 6, 1993, as the person's birthdate. However, the electoral body flagged an issue after pointing out that the certificate was issued two days prior to the date of birth.
A person in West Bengal’s Baranagar assembly constituency has come under the radar of the state election commission (SEC) for allegedly submitting a fake birth certificate during the state’s recently concluded special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral list drive.
While the drive was ongoing in the state, the constituent submitted a birth certificate that listed March 6, 1993, as the person’s birthdate. However, the electoral body flagged an issue after pointing out that the certificate was issued two days prior to the date of birth, March 4, 1993. Citing the impossibility of registering a birth certificate two days before the birth, the commission soon considered the certificate vague.
The case triggered legal action with the state chief electoral officer’s office asking the electoral registration officer to take staunch legal action against the identified person, invoking Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, which penalises the submission of false information.
Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the state election commission set a verification deadline of February 21. It sought an extension from the Election Commission of India. Nearly five per cent of the hearing in the SIR case is pending. The final electoral list, which was supposed to come out on February 14, will now come out on February 21.
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