J&K May Get 25 Lakh New Voters Including Outsiders, Local Parties Hit Out
NDTV
J&K Elections: The massive delimitation exercise is going on to ensure that all the eligible voters including those who will attain the age of 18 years on October 1, 2022 or earlier are enrolled to provide an "error-free" final list, the chief electoral officer told reporters.
Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters including outsiders after the special summary revision of electoral rolls being held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370, an election official said on Wednesday. Is the BJP so insecure about support from genuine voters of J&K that it needs to import temporary voters to win seats? None of these things will help the BJP when the people of J&K are given a chance to exercise their franchise. https://t.co/ZayxjHiaQy GOIs decision to defer polls in J&K preceded by egregious gerrymandering tilting the balance in BJPs favour & now allowing non locals to vote is obviously to influence election results. Real aim is to continue ruling J&K with an iron fist to disempower locals. https://t.co/zHzqaMseG6
The announcement by the Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar drew an angry reaction from former Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti who attacked the Centre, saying this will not help the BJP when the people of J&K are given the chance to vote.
Mr Kumar described the ongoing exercise to complete the special summary revision of electoral rolls by November 25 as a "challenging task".
The massive exercise is going on to ensure that all the eligible voters including those who will attain the age of 18 years on October 1, 2022 or earlier are enrolled to provide an "error-free" final list, the chief electoral officer told reporters.
