"Trying to create confusion": LoP Vijender Gupta slams Kejriwal after he accuses BJP of "manipulating voters list"

New Delhi [India], December 29 : BJP leader and Delhi Assembly LoP Vijender Gupta slammed AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal over his claims that "BJP is manipulating voters' list", saying that he is trying to create confusion in the minds of people.
Gupta said that Arvind Kejriwal is scared and he has realised that he is losing the Delhi Assembly elections.
"Arvind Kejriwal is scared..for the first time, he has realised that he is losing the Delhi Assembly elections...therefore he is making various statements and trying to create confusion in the minds of people...if AAP Supremo is occupied with his own Assembly constituency so much and he can't get out of it, how will he lead the entire Delhi Assembly election," the BJP leader said.
Meanwhile, the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi dismissed Kejriwal's claim and clarified that all objections and claims regarding the draft electoral roll were addressed by December 24. The final roll will be published on January 6, 2025.
In a post on X, the Delhi CEO also said all Booth Level Officers (BLOs) had conducted house-to-house verification to identify unenrolled eligible citizens, prospective electors, permanently shifted voters and dead electors, during the pre-revision period from August 20 to October 18.
The Delhi Assembly polls 2025 are due in February 2025.
"The Special Summary Revision w.r.t qualifying date 01.01.2025 is being done as per ECI letter dated 07.08.2024. During the pre-revision period i.e 20 August, 2024 to 18 October, 2024, the BLOs conducted the house-to-house verification to identify the unenrolled eligible citizens," the CEO posted on X.
"The draft electoral roll was published on 29.10.2024 calling the claims and objections on draft roll from 29.10.2024 to 28.11.2024. All the claims and objections received during the period i.e 29.10.2024 to 28.11.2024 have been disposed by 24.12.2024 and final electoral roll w.r.t qualifying date 01.01.2025 will be published on 06.01.2025. However, the process of continuous updation w.r.t addition, deletion and modification is a continuous activity and same is undergoing now," the post added.
This comes after Kejriwal wrote a letter to the District Electoral Officer of New Delhi alleging an "unusual spike" in voter addition and deletion applications in the New Delhi Assembly Constituency in recent days.
"I am writing to bring to your immediate attention a significant rise in the number of voter addition and deletion applications received in the New Delhi Assembly Constituency over the past few days," the letter dated December 28 reads.
The former Delhi Chief Minister also held a press conference today, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of running an "Operation Lotus" since December 15 in his constituency, by filing applications for the deletion of 5,000 votes and the addition of 7,500 votes.
AAP convenor said, "In my New Delhi assembly constituency - their (BJP) 'operation Lotus' has been going on since December 15. In these 15 days, they have filed application for the deletion of 5,000 votes and the addition of 7,500 votes... Why there is a need to conduct elections if you are manipulating approximately 12 per cent of total voters in the assembly? A kind of 'game' is being going on in the name of election."
"BJP wants to win the election anyhow, even by dishonesty... But, the people of Delhi will not let this happen. The said tactics they used in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections - we will not let them win here by using that tactic," he added.
Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections 2025, the battle between the AAP, BJP and Congress has become intense, with all three parties levelling allegations on each other.