In Farrukhabad, targeted voter deletions came before BJP’s thin victory margin
Poll officials admitted that wrongful deletions took place under ‘pressure’ from the MLA. The UP CEO denied the allegations.
This is the second part of our investigation into discrepancies in voter lists. Read the previous piece here.
Months before the BJP won Farrukhabad Lok Sabha seat with a margin of around 2,700 votes, more than 32,000 voters were struck off the lists. And the largest rate of deletions was in Aliganj, an assembly constituency with the highest share of Yadav and Muslim voters who form 30 percent of its electorate.
Within Aliganj’s 395 booths, 53 had an unusually higher rate of deletion, including 37 that were populated by Muslim, Yadav, Shakya and Jatav voters.
Our ground visits, conversations with field staff and senior officials, and a review of voter lists further reveal how a BJP MLA’s letter seemed to have influenced deletions.
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