Authorities reject 6,090 voter registration applications in Tuljapur assembly

An official on Monday said that the authorities have rejected 6090 online voter registration applications in Tuljapur assembly constituency of Maharashtra due to various discrepancies reported news agency PTIThe Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 to the 288member assembly will be held on November 20 and counting of votes will take place on November 23A week back around 100 voter registration applications were submitted online suddenly from a single villageWhen the administration scrutinised the applications received from 332 of the total 410 booths in Tuljapur the applicants were not found residing in the mentioned village the official said reported PTIWe have rejected 6090 online voter registration applications till Monday morning in Tuljapur assembly constituency Around 1200 applications are still under scrutiny tehsildar Arvind Bolange told PTIThe applicants were not found residing in the village mentioned in their applications and their Aadhaar cards was also found to be counterfeit so we have rejected the applications A case has also been registered and we have provided the mobile numbers concerned to police for an investigation he said reported PTIThese online applications were received from nearly the entire assembly seat except for 15 villages out of total 194 villages covered under the constituency the official saidThere are 410 booths in the Tuljapur assembly segment and we have found such applications from nearly 332 booths We forwarded it information to the block level officers who reached the village and verified these applications he said reported PTI6853 wrongly filed voter applications rejected in Chandrapur SDO lodges complaintA subdivisional officer SDO has lodged a police complaint in Maharashtras Chandrapur district after 6853 applications were filed wrongly during online voter registration an official said on Sunday reported PTIThe SDO of the Rajura division has lodged a complaint and the applications were rejected in the constituency the official saidCollector Vinay Gowda said the Election Commission of India conducted special online voter registration and they received applications in large numbers from October 3Assistant voter registration officers and tehsildars of Rajura Korpana Jivati and Gondpipari found that 6853 applications did not have photos date of birth and residence proof and some had wrong information he said reported PTIThe collector said these applications filed through the Voter Helpline App or NVSP Portal were rejected after verificationRajura SDO and voter registration officer Ravindra Mane said the applications were rejected according to the prescribed procedureWith inputs from PTI