‘All concerns would be resolved’: EC to TMC delegation over EPIC quantity, other issues | India News

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday met a delegation of the Trinamool Congress and guaranteed the decision of all its concerns concerning EPIC numbers, duplicate, shifted & useless voters & unlawful migrants.
“The Commission mentioned that all concerns including duplicate EPIC numbers, duplicate, shifted & dead voters &illegal migrants will be resolved by each Booth Level Officer & concerned Electoral Registration Officer with active participation of Booth level Agents appointed by all political parties,” the ballot physique stated in a publish on X.

After the assembly, TMC MP Sagarika Ghose pressed upon the difficulty of duplicate EPIC playing cards and stated advised that the EC “should bring out a separate roll and mention where the deletions and changes have been made.”
“The issue of duplicate EPIC cards is extremely serious…All opposition parties have recognized it ever since West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged the issue…Ever since we have provided solid evidence of duplicate EPIC cards, the Election Commission is still not telling us how many duplicate EPIC cards are there…We have given some suggestions on how electoral roles can be cleaned up…If there are any changes in the electoral roll, the Election Commission should bring out a separate roll and mention where the deletions and changes have been made,” she stated.
“We have already provided solid evidence on duplicate EPIC cards. There is credible evidence that Aadhaar cards are being cloned and they are being used for fake voter registration…How will the Election Commission ensure that the cloning of the Aadhaar card will not affect the EPIC card? Transparency and rigorous investigation is necessary. Stonewalling will not work. The Election Commission has to walk the talk because electoral rolls are central to a free and fair poll,” she added.

The opposition has been demanding a dialogue on irregularities within the lately concluded state elections calling it “crucial to protecting the values of democracy and the Constitution.”
“The entire opposition is demanding a detailed discussion on the voter list in Parliament. It has been over a month since my press conference regarding irregularities in Maharashtra’s voter list. However, the demands we made to the Election Commission for transparency have yet to be fulfilled, and the questions remain unanswered. Now, new evidence of duplicate names in the voter list has emerged, raising even more serious concerns. This discussion is crucial to protecting the values of democracy and the Constitution,” chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi stated on Monday.
Meanwhile, the ballot physique requested nationwide and state political events to submit solutions by April 30 to resolve any pending electoral issues on the ranges of Electoral Registration Officers (ERO), District Election Officers (DEO), or Chief Electoral Officers (CEO).