Summary:
Electoral rolls are prepared under strict guidelines laid down in the Representation of People Act, and revised under statutory provisions. Amid AAP’s claims on deletion of voter names from Delhi’s electoral rolls, and the poll body red-flagging “misleading phone calls” to people, Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi Ranbir Singh explains why they approached police over the issue. AdvertisingAAP has alleged names of several voters are missing from electoral rolls. Updation of electoral rolls is a continuous exercise. When AAP alleged names of voters were deleted erroneously, we took them seriously and held a verification exercise..