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District Congress Committee (DCC) president Okay. Praveenkumar informed the media on Thursday (August 14, 2025) {that a} preliminary examine by the occasion had discovered at the very least one lakh “double votes” and faux voter id playing cards within the district, with the Kozhikode Corporation alone accounting for 25,000 of them. He stated that in lots of Corporation wards, the variety of faux votes exceeded the shedding margin of United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates within the earlier elections.
Mr. Praveenkumar alleged that 98% of those voters had been linked to the CPI(M). He added that 1,642 folks with “faux id playing cards” had been recognized within the district. “In the Azhchavattam ward, the place the UDF candidate misplaced by 28 votes final time, there are 41 double votes. In the Balussery Assembly constituency, one individual holds a number of id playing cards and votes. The phase has 1,800 such faux votes. There are additionally discrepancies in Thiruvallur, Cheruvannur and Ayancheri grama panchayats,” he stated.
However, Kozhikode Deputy Mayor C.P. Musafar Ahmed dismissed the allegations of voters’ checklist tampering levelled by the Congress and its UDF allies. He informed the media, together with different LDF leaders, that the checklist was a continuation of the earlier voters’ checklist revealed by the State Election Commission. Some names had been added and others eliminated after purposes for the aim had been filed within the correct method.
He stated there have been 4,54,739 voters in 75 wards of the Corporation as per the July 2024 knowledge. After the variety of wards elevated to 76, no new voters had been illegally added or eliminated. If there have been complaints over technical points, they could possibly be addressed, Mr. Ahmed added. He additionally alleged that the UDF and the BJP had been making an attempt to retain supporters who had already shifted to different locations at Kinassery, Kuttichira, and Puthiyara within the Kozhikode Corporation.
Meanwhile, the CPI(M) district committee alleged in a press release that the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) was making accusations to hide its personal efforts so as to add faux voters to the rolls. The IUML had claimed that a number of folks had been listed as residing in the identical home in sure wards of the Corporation. The CPI(M) countered that these had been UDF and BJP supporters, including that in Nadapuram grama panchayat, round 2,000 faux voters had been included. Similar makes an attempt, it alleged, had been made in Vadakara municipality and in grama panchayats equivalent to Chekkiad, Thuneri, Thiruvallur, and Ayanchery.
Published – August 15, 2025 01:14 am IST
