02-13-2008, 05:50 PM
<b>ISI-backed elements disturbing NE demography</b>
13 Feb 2008
SHILLONG: The BJP on Wednesday said that subversive elements backed by ISI were disturbing the demography of the Northeast.
At the instance of the ISI, these elements were registering dual voters in order to disturb the electoral process in the three poll-bound Northeastern states, BJP N E organizing secretary P Chandrashekhar said.
Displaying the poster of such a voter Samsur Rahman Moolah, Chandrashekhar said the poster showed that the man had contested as an Independent candidate for the recent panchayat election in Goalpara district of Assam
The BJP leader also furnished the voters' list of Garo hills in Meghalaya where Samsur's name was registered.
''This is an alarming trend and if the government does check it, the future of the real citizens of the country would be at stake,'' he said.
Claiming that this was just one case of documentary evidence, Chandrashekhar said if the Election Commission conducted an inquiry in the Northeast, hundreds of such 'doubtful' voters would be detected.
This certainly is a handiwork of fundamentalist elements, he alleged noting most of these cases would be found in the constituencies of Muslim MLAs.
Taking a dig at other political parties for being a mute spectator to the issue, Chandrashekhar said the BJP would not lie down and would pursue the matter to protect the rights of real citizens.
13 Feb 2008
SHILLONG: The BJP on Wednesday said that subversive elements backed by ISI were disturbing the demography of the Northeast.
At the instance of the ISI, these elements were registering dual voters in order to disturb the electoral process in the three poll-bound Northeastern states, BJP N E organizing secretary P Chandrashekhar said.
Displaying the poster of such a voter Samsur Rahman Moolah, Chandrashekhar said the poster showed that the man had contested as an Independent candidate for the recent panchayat election in Goalpara district of Assam
The BJP leader also furnished the voters' list of Garo hills in Meghalaya where Samsur's name was registered.
''This is an alarming trend and if the government does check it, the future of the real citizens of the country would be at stake,'' he said.
Claiming that this was just one case of documentary evidence, Chandrashekhar said if the Election Commission conducted an inquiry in the Northeast, hundreds of such 'doubtful' voters would be detected.
This certainly is a handiwork of fundamentalist elements, he alleged noting most of these cases would be found in the constituencies of Muslim MLAs.
Taking a dig at other political parties for being a mute spectator to the issue, Chandrashekhar said the BJP would not lie down and would pursue the matter to protect the rights of real citizens.