Panchkula, May 8 -- After Congress alleged the presence of over 8,500 duplicate voters in the electoral roll for the Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) elections scheduled for May 10, Haryana state election commissioner Devinder Singh Kalyan on Thursday directed the Panchkul deputy commissioner (DC), Satpal Sharma, to re-verify the entries to ensure a free and fair election.

Kalyan said that the commission is committed to ensuring free, fair and transparent elections. Referring to a memorandum submitted by Congress representatives on May 6, Kalyan said the party had highlighted 17,086 voter entries in the Panchkula MC electoral roll, claiming them to be duplicate and/or identical. However, he clarified that while the memorandum mention...