Story highlights
- Nirmal: Punnami Reporter: Targeting a section of voters in the name of removing bogus and duplicate votes is anti-democratic, Aam Aadmi Party Telangana Joint Secretary Syed Haider has alleged.
- He objected to the fact that despite complaints about the names removed from the voter list, they were not reinstated, and some were shown as dead and others as migrants.
- He demanded that the Election Commission act transparently in protecting voting rights and that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign, taking responsibility for the controversies.
Nirmal: Punnami Reporter: Targeting a section of voters in the name of removing bogus and duplicate votes is anti-democratic, Aam Aadmi Party Telangana Joint Secretary Syed Haider has alleged. He objected to the fact that despite complaints about the names removed from the voter list, they were not reinstated, and some were shown as dead and others as migrants. He demanded that the Election Commission act transparently in protecting voting rights and that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign, taking responsibility for the controversies. Syed Haider called on youth, students, civil society and public organizations to unite and mobilize beyond parties to protect democratic rights. – Abdul Sadiq | Punnami Reporter | Nirmal