‘Kejriwal in love with bogus voters’: BJP slams AAP over voter list ‘discrepancy’ | India News

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday launched an attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), claiming that its chief Arvind Kejriwal fostered a “love for fake voters”. The party further alleged that some AAP leaders and their family members have dual voter registrations.
At a press conference, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva unveiled a poster titled “Farzi voters se ishq hai” (In love with fake voters), directly attacking Kejriwal and his party.
Sachdeva alleged that AAP MP Sanjay Singh, in his 2018 affidavit for Rajya Sabha, declared himself to be a voter in Delhi’s Hari Nagar assembly constituency, even though his name also appeared in the voter list of the Sultanpur municipality in Uttar Pradesh, his hometown.
He further claimed that Singh’s wife Anita had applied for deletion of her voter registration in Sultanpur only on January 4, 2024, days before Singh submitted his parliamentary affidavit on January 8, 2024, which still reflected her as a registered voter there.
“Sanjay Singh claims that his wife Anita Singh’s name was removed from the Sultanpur voter list on January 4, 2024. However, when he submitted his parliamentary affidavit on January 8, 2024, her name was still registered as voter in Sultanpur,” Sachdeva said.
Responding to the allegations, Singh defended himself saying that the application for removal of his wife’s vote was filed as per the required process.
“On January 4, he filed applications for deletion of his vote in Sultanpur. The affidavit was filed on January 8 and until the process is completed, the address remains the same. Once the voter list is updated, the new address will be registered,” he added.
Sachdeva sought legal action by the Election Commission and the Delhi Police against Singh, alleging “discrepancy” in voter registration. He also accused Singh of hastily requesting a vote transfer on December 30 after the BJP highlighted the issue.
The BJP leader further alleged that Delhi Mayor Mahesh Kumar’s wife had two voter registrations with different names and the same address and photograph. While there was no immediate response from the mayor, Sachdeva mentioned that a case related to two voter ID cards allegedly in possession of Kejriwal’s wife was pending in the high court.
AAP MP Singh responded to these claims by revealing that he had already filed defamation cases against BJP leaders, including Amit Malviya and Manoj Tiwari, over similar allegations.
Questioning Singh, Sachdeva said, “What dignity does a person have when he is already out on bail and creating double voter registrations even while serving as a Member of Parliament?”