Leader of Opposition in Kerala Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday alleged voter identity fraud.
In a complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Mr. Chennithala said that a 61-year-old woman had come into possession of at least five voter ID cards in Uduma constituency in Kasargod. She could use the card to vote multiple times. The photo on the card was the same. However, the names and addresses were slightly different.
Similar pattern
Mr. Chennithala said that Congress workers saw a similar pattern in all 140 constituencies in Kerala. There seemed to be a conspiracy at the top level of the government to create fake voters to illegally swing the election in favor of the ruling front.
He alleged that Congress workers attacked 4,506 fake voters in the Kazakattattam constituency. The number of fake voters for Kollam is 2,534, Thrikaraippur 1,436, Koilandi 4,611, Nadapuram 6,171, Kuthuparamba 3,525 and Ambalappuzha 4,750. Mr. Chennithala said that he suspected active connivance of the officials responsible for preparing the electoral list.
Switch to method
He was loyal to the ruling front. In the past, fraudsters used voter ID cards of the dead or were not at home for bogus voting. Now, the mode of operation had changed. The same voter was given more than one identity card. Mr. Chennithala demanded an inquiry into the allegation. He said that fake voters should be removed from the voter list before the day of voting.
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