'If Eligible Adults Denied Vote in Bengal, It’ll Be Unconstitutional, Vitiate Election': S.Y. Quraishi
Former Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi said that if eligible adults in Bengal are denied the right to vote in the forthcoming elections later this month it would be unconstitutional and deplorable, it would vitiate the elections and be a black mark on our democracy.
Quraishi was referring to newspaper reports that the fate of 23.4 lakh Bengali voters, who have reportedly been deleted from the electoral rolls but have the right to appeal to tribunals, hangs in the balance as the tribunals are yet to start work while the last date for inclusion in the electoral rolls for the 152 constituencies voting in the first phase on the 23rd is 3:00 p.m, Monday (April 6). As he put it, this clearly suggests that many people won’t be able to vote even though they may be eligible.
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