BRS seeks deletion of duplicate votes during SIR

Members of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Wednesday, June 24, submitted a representation to Telangana’s Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharsan Reddy calling for the strict implementation of “One Person One Vote” and deletion of all duplicate votes during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

BRS stated that having one person registered twice in the voter rolls violates Sections 17 and 18 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and can create serious administrative and



logistical problems for the election machinery.

They said that duplicate votes assume particular significance in the case of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, as, after the bifurcation in 2014, many people shifted their residence between the states, but may still be registered as voters at their previous residence.

Moreover, lakhs of people migrate to Hyderabad and the surrounding urban areas in search of employment, but they may still be registered as voters in their native places, the BRS said.