Tale of two cities: 'VIP voters' cleared for final rolls; elsewhere, it's livelihoods vs vote
Election officials in New Delhi have validated the electoral roll entries of several high-profile 'VIP voters' following a verification process. The notices were part of a standard intensive revision exercise that affected 33 lakh voters across the city.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the administrative scrutiny applied to electoral rolls and the public interest in the status of prominent political figures.
NEW DELHI: Electoral entries of prominent voters in New Delhi assembly constituency who received notices during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) have been validated and parked for inclusion in the final electoral rolls after district poll officials verified their details and supporting documents.Those who received SIR notices included former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, BJP veteran L K Advani, external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Delhi ex-chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy CM Manish Sisodia, senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal, foreign secretary Vikram Misri, former NITI Aayog vice-chairperson Arvind Panagariya, BJP MLA Kailash Gahlot, former army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, CBI director Praveen Sood and Delhi’s ex-lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, among several other names from bureaucracy and politics.SIR notices to ‘VIP voters’, as they are usually referred to by election officials, had attracted attention earlier this week over why their names had been flagged during the roll revision exercise.“Based…
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