The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raised concerns on Tuesday about the addition of BJP MP Raghav Chadha to Delhi’s draft electoral roll, noting that the list published on August 31 showed only 746 voters in the Rajinder Nagar constituency, yet Chadha’s name appeared as voter number 747. AAP Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj demanded an explanation from the Election Commission (EC) on how the entry was made.
Chadha responded by criticizing AAP, claiming the party was “haunting” him and behaving like a “bitter ex”. He stated that he had followed all applicable EC guidelines and procedures and had availed the prescribed remedies. Bharadwaj pointed out that the entry listed Raghav Chadha, son of Sunil Chadha, aged 37, with serial number 747.
The AAP leader also referenced a September 3 statement in which Chadha said he would get his name registered as a voter in Punjab after it was removed from that state’s draft roll. Bharadwaj said that if the EC clarified the process, it could help the 47 lakh voters whose names were deleted from draft rolls and who are trying to get them added. He also questioned the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, insisting the same procedure should apply to all voters.
AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda urged the EC to clarify whether Chadha’s vote had been transferred from Punjab to Delhi and whether his EPIC number matched the one in Punjab. BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab, Chadha’s name has been added to the voters list of Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency, which is currently being revised under the SIR of the national capital’s electoral rolls. AAP leaders, at a press conference, alleged that Chadha’s name was included without following due procedure.
