Surgical strike on fake votes in Gonda, 10 lakh names on radar before Panchayat elections

News India Live, Digital Desk: Panchayat elections in UP mean not only politics but also the biggest ‘riot’ of villages. Here the value of each vote is decided by the chairperson of the post of Prime Minister. But imagine, if in one district there are more than 10 lakh voters whose names are in two places or who do not actually live there, then how fair will the elections be?

This is the big truth that in Uttar Pradesh Gonda district Has come forward from. from here 1192 gram panchayats There is a stir right now because the administration has decided to do a deep ‘cleanse’ of the voter list.

What is this ’10 lakh’ figure?
If preliminary investigation and data are to be believed, more than 10 lakh ‘duplicate’ voters have been found in Gonda. There are many of them whose names are there in their old village as well as in the new place. There are some names who have left the village years ago, but their names have not been removed from the list. The saddest thing is that even in the names of some people who are no longer in this world, ‘votes’ are still alive in the election records.

Big preparation of administration: Now checking will be done ‘door-to-door’
The administration is in no mood to make any mistakes this time. Orders have been given that BLO will now Door to door verification do. This means that now just seeing the name on paper will not suffice. Government employees themselves will come to your door and ask whether a certain person lives here or not?

This clarification is necessary for fair elections
It is often seen that elections are won or lost by small margins. In such a situation, even these 10-20 fake votes spoil the game of the loser and give ‘unfair’ advantage to the winner. It is important to remove these inaccuracies from the voter list of Gonda so that the correct and honest leadership of the village can emerge.

My advice to voters
If you are also from Gonda or its surrounding areas, then it is your responsibility to check the list once. It may not happen that you live in the city and your name gets removed from the list of the village due to the cleanliness campaign. Also, if any fake vote has been cast in your neighborhood, then by giving information about it, you can help in an honest election.

After this big ‘cleanliness campaign’, the electoral mathematics of Gonda is going to change completely. It will be interesting to see how the picture of the upcoming Panchayat elections changes when these 10 lakh names are reduced from the list.