719 voters deleted from rolls during SIR in Chhattisgarh, claims Congress

RAIPUR: (Feb 6) The Congress on Friday alleged that the names of 719 voters from an assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district have been deliberately deleted from the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), calling it a "political conspiracy".

Speaking to reporters at Rajiv Bhavan, the party's state headquarters, senior Congress leader Dhanendra Sahu, a former MLA from Abhanpur, claimed that 719 voters from the constituency, whose names were removed, are alive and have been residing in the same villages and wards for years.

The Congress has lodged a complaint with local election officials and submitted a complaint to the state's Chief Electoral Officer seeking a high-level, impartial inquiry, he said.