AAP's Sanjay Singh Claims BJP Trying To Delete Wife's Name From Voters List Ahead Of Delhi Polls

Last Updated:December 29, 2024, 16:36 IST

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that that two applications were filed on December 25 and 26 for deletion of his wife’s name from the voters' list of the New Delhi constituency.

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. (PTI)

A new political tussle broke out between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh claimed that the saffron party was trying to get his wife’s name deleted from the voters’ list ahead of the assembly elections.

While addressing a press conference, the senior AAP leader accompanied by his wife Anita Singh alleged that the BJP was trying to delete the names of Purvanchali people (people from Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar).

Singh alleged that that two applications were filed on December 25 and 26 for deletion of his wife’s name from the voters’ list of the New Delhi constituency, which is represented by AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Purvanchalis are people from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar settled in Delhi for decades, and form a significant chunk of voters in the city.

He further claimed that the saffron camp is taking a revenge from him for raising the issue of names of Purvanchali voters being deleted from the voters list in Delhi in the Rajya Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament.

Kejriwal Accuses BJP of Manipulating Electoral Roll

Earlier today, Kejriwal accused the BJP of trying to manipulate voter list in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections, alleging that applications were filed for deletion of over 5,000 votes in New Delhi since mid December.

“BJP has already lost the elections. They don’t have a chief ministerial face or even proper candidates. They only aim to win through manipulation, but we won’t let them succeed," Kejriwal said.

The former Delhi chief minister also alleged that the BJP had filed 11,000 voter deletion applications in one constituency alone, but the move was halted at Chief Election Commissioner’s intervention. “We exposed this, and thankfully, it was stopped."

Kejriwal said that a large-scale operation began on December 15, with 5,000 voter deletion applications and 7,500 addition requests filed so far in his assembly constituency, New Delhi.

Kejriwal’s Mental Equilibrium Is Disturbed: Hardeep Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri accused Kejriwal of losing his ‘mental equilibrium’ after Kejriwal alleged the BJP of running “Operation Lotus" in his constituency.

Speaking to ANI, Puri said, “I think when Arvind Kejriwal was in ‘state hospitality’, his ‘mental equilibrium’ got disturbed… What is the vision of Arvind Kejriwal – disruption?… Arvind Kejriwal is left with very little time (as govt in Delhi)."

BJP Attacks AAP on Settling Illegal Rohingyas, Bangladeshis

Meanwhile, the BJP has alleged that the names of Rohingya and Bangladeshi people illegally staying in Delhi were added to the voters list at the AAP’s behest.

It further accused the AAP of helping the illegal residents in Delhi settle down by providing them official documents, and then use them as its vote bank.

Former BJP MP Parvesh Verma told PTI “We all know they do not vote for the BJP… they are AAP’s vote bank." Verma alleged once illegal immigrants laid Jhuggis (tenements) in the city, AAP leaders provided them with help and official documents like ration cards to settle them down so that they could get their votes in the elections.

A BJP delegation recently met Election Commission officials, alleging illegal Rohingya and Bangladeshis were registered as voters in Delhi at the behest of the AAP.

Earlier this week, the Delhi Police arrested 11 persons, claiming to have unearthed a gang involved in illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals. Among those arrested, four are Bangladeshi citizens and the rest were allegedly involved in making forged documents, an official said.

(With inputs from PTI)

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