'Am I not a citizen of this country?' Sibal hits out at ECI
New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the Capital after he was served notice in the "unmapped with last SIR" category.
"I want to ask (chief election commissioner) Gyanesh Kumar, how did you send me a notice? Am I not a citizen of this country?" Sibal said at a press conference. He said the notice issued to him has claimed a mismatch between the names of his father/self as given in the current electoral roll and as given in the electoral rolls prepared during the previous SIR.
The senior advocate said his enumeration form this year carried the same details as his 1998 voter record and had been signed off by a booth level officer as a match. "This is uncontroverted evidence that everything is matching. Then how is it that my notice has been sent to me in the unmapped category?" Sibal said.
Sibal alleged that booth level officers were failing to physically deliver notices and questioned why he had not received one. "Till date, I have not got a physical copy of the notice sent to me. Had I not known about this, they would have sent similar notices and deleted my name unless then I go and file a petition in the Supreme Court. What's going on in this country?" Sibal said.
He further alleged that local corporators were identifying voters unlikely to back the BJP and ensuring they received notices that were difficult to contest....
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