Cong to launch door-to-door campaign, hold marches over voter list 'discrepancies'

NEW DELHI: The Congress will hold marches, conduct door-to-door visits and organise awareness meetings to address alleged irregularities in electoral rolls. The party will also ensure all eligible citizens are registered by the end of December, senior party leader and former Union minister Bharatsinh Solanki said on Saturday.Congress plans to appoint booth-level agents to verify voter lists and flag discrepancies to election authorities.Addressing a press conference, Solanki, an All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer, said the campaign would cover rural and remote areas as well as urban centres. It aims to put a special focus on disadvantaged communities and young voters. The party will distribute pamphlets and hold meetings to raise awareness about the issue, he added.Solanki alleged that crores of voters across the country had been unfairly deprived of their voting rights due to large-scale deletions and discrepancies in electoral rolls.