Harish Rawat’s Name Missing from Voter List in Dehradun Municipal Elections, Blames BJP

GG News Bureau
Dehradun, 23rd Jan. Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was unable to cast his vote in the municipal body elections on Thursday, as his name was missing from the voter list. Rawat, a long-time resident of Dehradun, has consistently voted from the Niranjanpur neighborhood since 2009, including in the 2022 Assembly elections and the April-June federal election.

Speaking to news agency PTI, Rawat expressed his frustration after arriving at the polling station only to be informed that his name was not found in the records. He claimed to have voted from the same polling station in previous elections, adding, “I have been waiting since morning… but my name was not found at the polling station at which I voted in the Lok Sabha election.”

In a sharp critique of the ruling BJP, Rawat suggested that the party was involved in manipulating the voter list, stating, “I should have been more alert… knowing they are involved in adding and removing names from the list.”

On reaching out to the State Election Commission, Rawat was reportedly informed that a computer server malfunction had caused the issue, preventing him from casting his vote.

The municipal elections in Uttarakhand are being held across 11 municipal corporations, 43 municipal councils, and 46 Nagar Panchayats.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of the BJP urged voters to cast their votes in favor of BJP candidates, calling for a “triple-engine government” in the state. “Please make all BJP candidates win,” he said in his appeal.

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