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Raghav Chadha's name added to Delhi voter list amid SIR; AAP questions process
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha's name has been added to Delhi's electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision, days after his deletion from Punjab's draft roll. The AAP has questioned the timing and procedure, while poll officials say the addition followed a regular Form 6 application.
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Voter list addition sparks political dispute
BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha's name has been added to Delhi's electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the national capital's electoral rolls, days after he alleged a "political vendetta" behind his deletion from Punjab's draft voter list.
Chadha's name appeared on the electoral roll for booth number 46 in the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency, according to reports. Poll officials said Chadha's name was added through the regular process after he submitted a Form 6 application.
The development has triggered questions from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has alleged irregularities in how the entry was made during the SIR exercise. Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned how Chadha's name could be added to the same polling part when the electoral roll had already been frozen for the draft SIR exercise. He also questioned whether the same procedure would be available to all voters.
"If the Election Commission explains this process, we can also tell the same process to the 47 lakh people whose names have been [affected]," Bharadwaj said, as quoted by reports.
Chadha's response
Chadha hit back at his former party, saying the AAP was behaving like an "ex-girlfriend" that had failed to move on. He had earlier said he would follow the SIR process to get his name registered as a voter in Punjab after it was missing from the state's draft electoral roll.
Election officials' explanation
According to PTI, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said Chadha applied for inclusion of his name in Form 6 in AC-39 (Rajinder Nagar) on August 26. The CEO's office clarified that once a Form 6 is approved, the name starts reflecting in the electoral database. Poll officials said the draft roll did not include new electoral registration forms filed during the draft stage, which is why Chadha's name was not in the draft list.
The Indian Express reported that Form 9 lists for Rajinder Nagar from September 1 to September 7 contained 205 applicants, but Chadha's name was not among them. The newspaper also noted that the draft roll for the booth where Chadha's name appeared had the last serial number as 746.
SIR process and legal context
Delhi's electoral roll was frozen between June 16 and August 31 due to the SIR exercise. According to the Election Commission's SIR guidelines, those left out of the draft roll can get back on the rolls by filing a Form 6 during the one-month claims and objections period following the draft publication. Form 7, which deals with objections to voter entries, was not relevant in Chadha's case.
Being a Delhi voter does not make Chadha ineligible to represent Punjab in the Rajya Sabha, as per constitutional provisions.
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Framing: Highlights Chadha's name being added to Delhi electoral roll and AAP questioning the procedure — objective and procedural
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Raghav Chadha's name has been added to Delhi's voter list, days after being removed from Punjab's draft roll.
Chadha's name appeared on the electoral roll for Booth Number 46 in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) questioned how the BJP Rajya Sabha MP's name was added during Delhi's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned the procedure followed to add his name to the roll.
AAP alleged that Chadha's inclusion raises questions about timing and process because the draft electoral roll for the polling part was published on August 31.
Chadha's name had been listed under the category of voters considered 'permanently shifted', and Chadha alleged the deletion was politically motivated.
The Indian Express reported that Form 9 lists for Rajinder Nagar from September 1 to September 7 contained 205 applicants, but Chadha's name was not among them.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's office said electoral roll updation continued during the SIR process, and approved applications would be reflected in the electoral database.
Around 214,000 Form 6 applications had been submitted during the pre-SIR period, while another 25,011 applications were received during the claims and objections period up to September 7.
Of these, 700 applications across Delhi had been approved by Electoral Registration Officers by Tuesday.
The final Delhi electoral roll is scheduled to be published on November 4.
Chadha rejected AAP's allegations and said he followed all applicable Election Commission guidelines and procedures.
Chadha described the accusations as frivolous and accused AAP of targeting him after his departure from the party.
The controversy follows Chadha's move from AAP to the BJP in April.
Framing: Highlights AAP questioning the addition of Raghav Chadha's name to the Delhi voter list.
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The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday questioned how BJP MP Raghav Chadha's name was added to Delhi's draft electoral roll after the list showed 746 voters and sought an explanation from the Election Commission.
AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said Chadha's name appeared as the 747th voter in the Rajinder Nagar electoral roll, despite the draft roll published on August 31 showing 746 voters.
Chadha took a jibe at the AAP, saying he appeared to be 'haunting Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party' and that its leadership was behaving 'like a bitter ex who has just been dumped'.
Chadha said he had followed the applicable Election Commission guidelines and procedures and availed the prescribed remedies.
Bharadwaj said the entry showed the name of Raghav Chadha, son of Sunil Chadha, aged 37, with serial number 747 in the electoral roll for the area.
The AAP leader also referred to Chadha's statement on September 3 that he would get his name registered as a voter in Punjab after it was deleted from the state's draft electoral roll.
Bharadwaj said, 'If the Election Commission explains this process, we can also tell the same process to the 47 lakh people whose names have been deleted from the draft electoral roll and who are trying to get their names added.'
The AAP leader said the party had compared the draft electoral roll available on the EC's website with the subsequent entry showing Chadha as voter number 747.
Bharadwaj also raised questions over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and said the same procedure should be available to all voters.
AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda said the EC should clarify whether Chadha's vote had been transferred from Punjab to Delhi and whether his EPIC number was the same as the one in Punjab.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Chadha's name has been added to the voters list of Delhi's Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency, which is currently being revised under the ongoing SIR of the national capital's electoral rolls, poll officials said on Tuesday.
AAP leaders, at a press conference, raised the issue and alleged that Chadha's name was included in the electoral rolls of the Rajinder Nagar constituency without following the due procedure.
Framing: The headline highlights the development that Chadha's name was deleted from Punjab's rolls but added back to Delhi's rolls, and attributes this to an 'illegal entry' claim made by AAP.
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The Election Commission of India did not respond to queries from The Indian Express on AAP’s allegations.
During the draft stage, new electoral registration forms are not included in the draft list.
Of those, 700 forms across Delhi had been approved by the EROs as on Tuesday, the CEO said.
Chadha’s name had figured on the list of Absent, Shifted, Deceased and Duplicate (ASDD) voters who were deleted in the draft SIR roll of Punjab published on August 13.
In a statement issued on September 2, Chadha said that he was “in the process of availing the remedies provided under the SIR guidelines”.
When The Indian Express checked the electoral registration status of Chadha in Delhi and Punjab on September 2, the ECI’s voter services portal showed “no result found”.
On Tuesday, AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that Chadha’s name had been added to the rolls of booth number 46 in Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency in Delhi.
A search for Chadha’s details on the ECI’s portal showed Raghav Chadha enrolled at serial number 747 of booth number 46.
The draft electoral roll of that same booth published by the ECI on August 31 as a part of the SIR in Delhi ended at serial number 746, without Chadha’s name.
Bharadwaj also shared an electronic copy of Chadha’s electoral details.
The EC’s SIR guidelines allow those left out of the draft roll to get back on the rolls by filling a Form 6 in the one-month claims and objections period following the draft publication.
All those Form 6 applications approved by the Electoral Registration Officers are then included in the final roll, which in the case of Punjab is due to be published on October 12, and for Delhi on November 4.
According to the EC’s SIR guidelines’ paragraph 6, the EROs and Chief Electoral Officers are mandated to make the daily list of all Form 6 received available on notice boards and their websites, in the prescribed format known as Form 9.
In the case of Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency, the Form 9s uploaded on the CEO website for September 1 to September 7 have a total of 205 names of applicants, which does not include Chadha’s name.
According to Chadha’s affidavit for the 2022 Rajya Sabha elections, he had declared that he was registered to vote in Booth Number 52 in Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar, Delhi.
After he entered the Upper House as an MP from Punjab, Chadha shifted his electoral registration, and also voted in a booth in Punjab’s SAS Nagar, or Mohali, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on June 1, 2024.
Bharadwaj said, “Raghav Chadha ji himself was claiming that he is a voter from Punjab and would get his vote recast there.
The Election Commission had also frozen the Draft Electoral Roll.
In such a situation, how did Raghav Chadha ji’s name get added to the voter list at the same booth in Delhi during SIR?
Framing: Highlights the legal-historical explanation of how a Delhi voter can represent Punjab, framing it as a Vajpayee-era shift. — Explanatory and measured
Framing: Highlights the poll body's explanation of a curious case regarding Chadha's voter inclusion, framing it as a question. — Factual and slightly sensational, with a focus on the 'curious case' and the political flashpoint.
Facts Included:
Raghav Chadha's name was added to Delhi's electoral rolls in Rajinder Nagar constituency.
Chadha filed Form 6 to get his name added to the voter list on August 26.
The application was approved on September 2 after 'due procedure', the poll body said.
Delhi's electoral roll was frozen between June 16 and August 31 due to the SIR exercise.
The draft list was published on August 31 and did not include Chadha's name.
Chadha's name did not appear in the draft Punjab electoral roll, published on August 13.
Chadha had accused the AAP government in Punjab of pursuing 'politics of revenge'.
The Delhi CEO's office said Chadha applied for inclusion in Rajinder Nagar by filing Form 6.
The application, bearing number U05039D6N2608261200000, was approved after a mandatory seven-day notice period.
Chadha's name was among the 700 included in the draft list across Delhi till September 8.
Chadha's name appears at serial number 747 of booth number 46 in Rajinder Nagar constituency.
The draft electoral roll of the same booth showed the last serial number as 746.
The Delhi poll body clarified that once a Form 6 is approved, the name starts reflecting in the online database immediately.
The ECI's SIR guidelines state that names added during the exercise will be assigned serial numbers in continuation after the last entry in the draft roll.
The AAP rejected the poll body's explanation, alleging 'political pressure' behind the move.
AAP media-in-charge Anurag Dhanda demanded that Chadha's Form 6 be made public.
The final voter list of Delhi is likely to be published on November 4.
Chadha's name has been added to Delhi's electoral rolls days after it was removed from Punjab's draft voter list during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Saurabh Bharadwaj, the Delhi unit chief of the AAP, which Chadha left to join the BJP, had claimed that Chadha could lose his Rajya Sabha membership.
Chadha was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab as an AAP nominee in 2022.
The chartered accountant-turned-politician joined the BJP in April, citing differences with the party leadership.
His election affidavit listed him as a voter in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, but he subsequently transferred his registration to Punjab and voted in Mohali in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
A 2003 amendment to the Representation of the People Act, 1951 allows Rajya Sabha candidates to be registered anywhere in India.
Punjab's draft electoral roll, published on August 13, listed Chadha among voters categorised as 'absent, shifted, deceased and duplicate'.
His entry was marked 'permanently shifted', prompting him to accuse the AAP-led government of Punjab of political vendetta.
The AAP denied any role, saying the Election Commission conducted the exercise.
Bharadwaj wrote on X that Chadha 'might lose his Rajya Sabha because his vote got deleted in SIR'.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's office said he submitted Form 6 for registration on August 26 and that the Electoral Registration Officer approved it on September 2.
Party media in-charge Anurag Dhanda demanded that the BJP MP's Form 6 application be made public.
Until 2003, Section 3 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, required a Rajya Sabha candidate to be an elector in the state being represented.
The Vajpayee government sought to amend the provision, replacing 'in that State or territory' with 'in India'.
Minister of State for Law, PC Thomas piloted it, arguing that senior national leaders often contest from other states and that removing the residence condition could give the Rajya Sabha a 'better composition'.
After the amendment in August 2003, any person registered in any parliamentary constituency in India has been eligible to contest a Rajya Sabha election from any state or Union Territory.
Framing: Headline emphasizes Raghav Chadha's personal attack on AAP, comparing the party to an ex-girlfriend, and frames the story as Chadha hitting back over the SIR row.
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Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said AAP was behaving like an 'ex-girlfriend' that had failed to move on.
Chadha spoke in Chandigarh, saying 'AAP is only dreaming of me and calling my name.'
AAP sought clarity from the Election Commission on the process through which Chadha's name was added to the Delhi electoral roll.
AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda said the Election Commission should clarify when and where Chadha filed Form 6.
Dhanda claimed Chadha's name did not appear in Form 6 applications received between September 1 and 7 for the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency.
Dhanda questioned how Chadha's name appeared at serial number 747 when the draft electoral roll published on August 31 contained entries up to serial number 746.
The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on November 4.
Chadha compared the availability of drugs in Punjab to lines for ration, saying 'the lines for drugs are similar to lines of ration'.
Chadha claimed chitta was being delivered to people at home and drugs were being sold openly in towns and villages.
Chadha referred to the recent suicide of Gulzar Singh in Sangrur and questioned 'What was the fault of Gulzar Singh, who said his son was suffering because of drugs?'
Chadha alleged that Gulzar Singh had been humiliated before consuming sulphas.
Chadha alleged that BJP leaders who went to meet Gulzar Singh's family were obstructed by party workers and the administration.
Chadha said 'In the past 15 years, drugs have increased. What has AAP done on drugs?'
Framing: Headline emphasizes Raghav Chadha's criticism of AAP for persistently targeting him.
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BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha slammed AAP for incessantly targeting him since he quit the party after its leaders questioned his status as a voter registered in Punjab in a press conference held on Tuesday.
Chadha said, "I seem to be haunting Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. Day and night, all they think about is Raghav Chadha and how to attack him."
Chadha stated, "Ever since I left the corrupt Aam Aadmi Party, its leadership has been unable to cope with it. They are behaving like a bitter ex who has just been dumped."
Chadha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab as an AAP member in 2022.
In April this year, he joined the BJP with six other AAP MPs, complying with the stipulated requirement under the anti-defection merger laws.
Earlier also, AAP leaders had claimed that Chadha lives in Delhi, not Punjab, and that his name can be deleted as a voter in Punjab if he was not found residing at the declared address.
Alleging that Chadha was trying to get his name included as a voter in Delhi through a 'backdated process', they claimed that he did not have a moral right to be in Parliament, nor occupy government accommodation allotted to him as a Rajya Sabha member.
Chadha claimed on X that the Punjab AAP government's 'politics of revenge' was behind his name being marked as 'permanently shifted' in his voter record in Mohali.
The draft electoral rolls were prepared after the Election Commission's recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state going to polls next year.
On Tuesday, calling out AAP over 'baseless allegations', Chadha alleged his former organisation had 'opened a full-time department just to target me', claiming his voter registration is now its 'latest assignment'.
Chadha said, "Their formula is always the same: decide on an allegation first, scramble to find an argument to fit it later."
Chadha claimed, "The facts are simple and straightforward. I have followed all applicable ECI guidelines and procedures and availed the prescribed remedies."
Chadha added, "AAP has confused 'electoral rolls' with its 'party membership'. It wants to cut out everyone who walks away from Kejriwal and his corrupt AAP."
Framing: AAP cries foul over Raghav Chadha's voter roll status change — Neutral but with a hint of drama
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BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha was back on the electoral rolls Tuesday in Delhi.
Chadha alleged 'political vendetta' behind the deletion of his name from Punjab's draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral roll.
The Aam Aadmi Party alleged Chadha illegally enrolled himself as a voter in Delhi after his name was struck off the draft SIR roll in Punjab last month.
Chadha had been registered as a voter in Punjab since at least 2024.
Chadha said: 'The facts are simple and straightforward. I have followed all applicable ECI guidelines and procedures and availed the prescribed remedies.'
Framing: The headline emphasizes the addition of Raghav Chadha’s name to the Delhi voter list and the subsequent questioning of the process by the Aam Aadmi Party.
Facts Included:
Raghav Chadha’s name was added to the Delhi electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency.
Poll officials said Chadha’s name was added through the regular electoral roll updation process after his name was removed from the Punjab electoral rolls.
Chadha was earlier elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab as an AAP member.
According to the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office, 700 applications for inclusion of names had been approved by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) across Delhi’s 70 Assembly constituencies by Tuesday, with Chadha’s application among them.
Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said the draft electoral roll published on August 31 showed 746 voters in the concerned polling part, and Chadha’s name subsequently appeared as the 747th voter, with the entry listing him as Raghav Chadha, son of Sunil Chadha, aged 37.
The Delhi CEO’s office said the electoral roll had been frozen on June 16 for preparation of the SIR and remained frozen until the draft rolls were published on August 31.
The CEO’s office said all Form-6 applications submitted either before the SIR or during the claims and objections period are being processed along with Forms 7 and 8.
Once applications are approved, additions, deletions and modifications will be reflected in the electoral database.
The additions will be published as a supplementary list on November 4, when the final electoral rolls are scheduled to be published.
Framing: headline focuses on the addition of Raghav Chadha's name to the Delhi voters list
Facts Included:
BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Raghav Chadha's name has been added to the voters list of Delhi currently being revised under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the national capital's electoral rolls, poll officials said on Tuesday.
AAP leaders, in a press conference, raised the issue and alleged that Chadha's name was included in the electoral rolls of the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency without following the due procedure.
Poll officials said that Chadha's name was added to the electoral rolls of Delhi through the updation process.
His name was removed from the rolls of Punjab, from where he was sent to the Rajya Sabha by his previous party AAP.
A total of 700 forms for inclusion of names in the electoral rolls were approval by the electoral registration officers (EROs) in 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi till Tuesday.
The electoral roll of Delhi was frozen on June 16 for the preparation of SIR and remained in the frozen state till August 31, when the draft electoral rolls were published, said a Delhi CEO statement.
Also, during the period of claims and objections, another 25,011 Forms-6 have been submitted by the electors in eight days (till September 7) for the inclusion of their names in the final electoral rolls to be published on November 4, it said.
Once the forms are approved, addition, deletion and modification will be reflected in the electoral database as the case may be, it said.
Additions of electors will be published as a supplementary list on November 4, said the Delhi CEO office.
The Aam Aadmi Party questioned how Chadha's name was added to Delhi's draft electoral roll after the list for the concerned polling part showed 746 voters and sought an explanation from the Election Commission on the process followed.
AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said Chadha's name appeared as the 747th voter in the Rajinder Nagar electoral roll despite the draft roll published on August 31 showing 746 voters.
Bharadwaj said the entry showed the name of Raghav Chadha, son of Sunil Chadha, aged 37, with serial number 747 in the electoral roll of the area.
Framing: Highlights poll body's approval of Chadha's voter registration after due process, framing it as procedural — Balanced and factual
Facts Included:
Delhi poll body said Raghav Chadha’s voter registration in Rajinder Nagar was approved after the mandatory seven-day notice period
AAP alleged irregularities
Chadha applied for inclusion in Form 6 in AC-39 (Rajinder Nagar) on August 26
Form was approved by the Electoral Registration Officer after completion of mandatory notice period of 07 days
Application numbered U05039D6N2608261200000 was processed under the Election Commission’s prescribed procedure
AAP alleged that Chadha’s name was added to the electoral roll 'through the back door'
The party also questioned whether political pressure was involved
AAP national media-in-charge Anurag Dhanda demanded that Chadha’s Form 6 be made public
Dhanda claimed that Chadha’s name did not appear in any Form 6 received in Rajinder Nagar between September 1 and 7
Dhanda questioned how Chadha’s name became the 747th entry when the draft roll had 746 voters and the final roll was yet to be published
CEO office said eligible persons whose names are not on the electoral roll can seek inclusion by submitting Form 6 with required documents
Referenced Election Commission’s May 14 guidelines on Special Intensive Revision stating additions during SIR period receive serial numbers continuing from last entry in draft electoral roll
Framing: The headline presents AAP's demand that Raghav Chadha's Form 6 be shown, positioning the party as making a specific request of the Election Commission.
Framing: Highlights the unusual nature of the case, emphasizing Chadha's name in Delhi as the '747th' entry
Facts Included:
Raghav Chadha's name was added to the electoral roll in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency
Chadha's name was deleted from Punjab's draft voter list
The draft roll published on August 31 showed 746 voters, but Chadha appeared as the 747th
AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj demanded an explanation from the Election Commission
Bharadwaj said the entry lists Raghav Chadha, son of Sunil Chadha, aged 37, at serial number 747
Chadha's September 3 statement about following the Special Intensive Revision process in Punjab
Bharadwaj's quote: 'If the Election Commission explains this process, we can also tell the same process to the 47 lakh people whose names have been deleted from the draft electoral roll...'
AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda questioned whether Chadha's vote had been transferred from Punjab to Delhi and whether his EPIC number remained the same
Dhanda sought details of when Form 6 was filed and under what procedure the name was added
Chadha responded saying he followed all applicable Election Commission guidelines and procedures
Chadha's quote about being 'haunting Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party'
Dhanda later alleged the EC's response failed to explain the 747th entry
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission’s explanation for the addition of Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha’s name to the Delhi electoral roll.
AAP demanded that the Form 6 allegedly used for the entry be made public and opened to objections.
AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda said the EC should clarify when and where Chadha filed Form 6 and through what process his name was added to the electoral roll of the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency.
Dhanda claimed Chadha's name did not figure in any Form 6 applications received in the constituency between September 1 and 7, following publication of the draft electoral roll on August 31.
Dhanda said the EC itself had clarified that electoral roll entries could be processed through Forms 6, 7 and 8.
According to Dhanda, Form 8 was not applicable because there had been no transfer of Chadha’s vote from Punjab to Delhi.
Form 7, which deals with objections to voter entries, was not relevant in the present case.
The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday maintained that Chadha's inclusion in the electoral roll had followed the prescribed procedure.
The CEO’s office said Chadha had applied for inclusion in the Rajinder Nagar electoral roll through Form 6 on August 26 and that the application was approved by the Electoral Registration Officer on September 2 after completion of the mandatory seven-day notice period.
The office noted that Section 19 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, permits any eligible citizen whose name is not included in an electoral roll to seek registration through Form 6 along with supporting documents.
The CEO's office further said Chadha's case was not unique.
As of September 9, as many as 781 Form 6 applications had been approved and updated in Delhi's electoral database.
Framing: Highlights the CEO office's confirmation that Chadha followed procedure and was duly approved.
Facts Included:
Raghav Chadha filed Form 6 on August 26 for inclusion in the Rajinder Nagar electoral roll.
The application was approved on September 2 after a mandatory seven-day notice period.
The approval was granted by the Electoral Registration Officer of AC-39 (Rajinder Nagar).
The Delhi CEO office said the application was processed as per the procedure laid down by the Election Commission.
AAP rejected the explanation and alleged Chadha's name was added 'through the back door'.
AAP national media-in-charge Anurag Dhanda demanded that Chadha's Form 6 be made public.
Dhanda claimed Chadha's name did not appear in any Form 6 received in Rajinder Nagar between September 1 and 7.
Dhanda questioned how Chadha's name appeared as the 747th entry when the draft roll contained 746 voters.
The CEO office cited EC's May 14 guidelines on Special Intensive Revision for assigning serial numbers in continuation after the last entry of the draft roll.
Framing: The headline emphasizes the addition of Raghav Chadha's name to the Delhi electoral roll
Facts Included:
AAP on Tuesday alleged irregularities behind the addition of BJP MP Raghav Chadha's name in Delhi's voter list
Chadha's name was included in the electoral rolls of the Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency
AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj said at a press conference: 'The Election Commission committing farziwada (fraud) is nothing new...'
Bharadwaj mentioned 746 voters in the booth in the draft roll and asked how Chadha became the 747th voter
Delhi CEO office stated 25,011 Form 6 applications were submitted between August 31 and September 7, and are under process
The CEO office said additions are reflected in the electoral database once approved
The CEO office said the actual addition is to be published in the supplementary electoral roll on November 4
Draft electoral rolls for Delhi were published on August 31
On September 3, Chadha's name was deleted from Punjab's draft roll
Chadha stated he would get his vote registered again in Punjab, from where he was sent to the Rajya Sabha by his previous party AAP
Chadha said in a statement: 'I seem to be haunting Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party. I have followed all applicable ECI guidelines and procedures and availed the prescribed remedies.'
ClaimRaghav Chadha's name was on the list of Absent, Shifted, Deceased and Duplicate (ASDD) voters deleted in the draft SIR roll of Punjab published on August 13.
ClaimAccording to the EC's SIR guidelines, those left out of the draft roll can get back on the rolls by filling a Form 6 in the one-month claims and objections period following the draft publication.
ClaimThe EC's SIR guidelines' paragraph 6 mandates EROs and Chief Electoral Officers to make the daily list of all Form 6 received available on notice boards and websites in the prescribed format known as Form 9.
ClaimThe Indian Express reported that the Form 9 lists uploaded for Rajinder Nagar from September 1 to September 7 contained 205 applicants, but Chadha's name was not among them.
ClaimAround 214,000 Form 6 applications had been submitted during the pre-SIR period, while another 25,011 applications were received during the claims and objections period up to September 7.
ClaimUnder Section 19 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, an eligible citizen whose name is not included in an electoral roll can seek registration through Form 6 along with supporting documents.
ClaimThe EC's May 14 guidelines on Special Intensive Revision provide that additions made during the SIR period would be assigned serial numbers in continuation after the last entry of the draft roll.
ClaimThe CEO office said that under EC provisions, any eligible person whose name does not exist in the electoral roll can apply for inclusion through Form 6 with the prescribed supporting documents.
ClaimThe CEO's office said electoral roll updation continued during the SIR process, and approved applications would be reflected in the electoral database.
ClaimBharadwaj said: 'If the Election Commission explains this process, we can also tell the same process to the 47 lakh people whose names have been deleted from the draft electoral roll and who are trying to get their names added.'
ClaimAnurag Dhanda asked the EC to clarify whether Chadha's vote had been transferred from Punjab to Delhi and whether his EPIC number was the same as the one in Punjab.
ClaimAAP leaders had claimed that Chadha lives in Delhi, not Punjab, and that his name can be deleted as a voter in Punjab if he was not found residing at the declared address.
ClaimAs per the Representation of the People Act, a candidate must be registered as an elector in any parliamentary constituency to be eligible to be a Rajya Sabha MP.
ClaimClaims that Chadha could automatically lose his Rajya Sabha seat overstated the law, as even his temporary absence from any draft rolls would merely have raised a legal question rather than instantly ended his membership.
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