CONG SAYS 6 MN GHOST VOTERS IN MP, ELECTION PANEL TO PROBE

NEWDELHI: Alleging manipulation by the Bharatiya Janata Partyled Madhya Pradesh government in the revision of electoral rolls in the state, the Congress petitioned the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday and said that nearly 12% or six million of the state’s approximately 50 million voters are fake “and fraudulent”.

A Congress delegation led by its Madhya Pradesh unit president Kamal Nath and campaign committee chief Jyotiraditya Scindia met EC officials on Sunday and submitted a detailed petition giving details of the allegedly “bogus and fraudulent” voters based on its surveys in 101 constituencies, Nath said.

The petition was accompanied by a presentation listing out examples of fake voters.

An EC official said on condition of anonymity that two teams are being deputed to probe the allegations.