Vishnu graduated from Banaras Hindu University after which he completed his education from Indian Institute of Mass Communication. He is an independent reporter who prefers bringing rural issues to light, stories from the Hindi belt and more.
In 243 assembly constituencies, analysis shows at least 14.35 lakh suspect duplicate voters and 1.32 crore voters of different families, castes and communities bundled and registered at dubious and fictitious addresses
बिहार के पूर्वी चंपारण जिले के ढाका विधानसभा क्षेत्र में लगभग 80,000 मुस्लिम मतदाताओं को गलत तरीके से गैर-भारतीय नागरिक बताकर मतदाता सूची से हटाने की बार-बार कोशिश की गई है। द रिपोर्टर्स कलेक्टिव की जांच में यह खुलासा हुआ है।
ECI’s district official acknowledged the attempts. No BJP state official denied them. So far, the ECI has not taken legal action against those who tried to manipulate the voter list.
Our expanded investigation detects more than 5.56 lakh suspect duplicates in 142 constituencies. Ground verification into two constituencies reveals hundreds of duplicate Voter IDs with matching photos.
They have made it to the ECI’s draft voter list for Bihar despite the Commission claiming it has removed duplicates. ECI says it will investigate only if the suspected duplicate voters or others complain formally by September 1.
Investigation exposes 34,392 cases of near-duplicate voters in these constituencies with complete matching details and two voter IDs each. The Election Commission of India claims to have removed such duplicates.
Investigation shows: In thousands of cases, 20-500 voters have been clubbed together and registered on non-existent addresses.