Jammu and Kashmir Government today clarified that addition of 25 lakh voters by outsiders is misrepresentation of facts and said that revision of electoral rolls will cover existing residents of the UT of J&K and increase in numbers will be of the voters who have attained the age of 18.
The statement issued by J&K Government also said that “there have been media reports that more than 25 lakh additions will be there in the electoral rolls once the process of electoral roll revision starts.
This is a misrepresentation of facts, which is being spread by the vested interests. This revision of electoral rolls will cover existing residents of the UT of J&K and increase in numbers will be of the voters who have attained the age of 18 years as on 1.10.2022 or earlier,” it said.
The statement also said that “Summary revision of electoral rolls are undertaken
by Election Commission from time to time according to laid down process. This is to enable young persons who become eligible to register themselves as voters. Besides, it also allows a person who has changed his ordinary place of residence to enroll at new location by getting himself deleted at the old location, statement said, “Number of Electors as published in Special Summary Revision of J&K State in 2011 was 66,00,921; and number of electors as on today in the electoral roll of J&K UT is 76,02,397. This increase is mainly due to the new voters, who attained the age of 18 years.”
The statement issued by J&K Govt also reads that, “There is no change in the special provisions for Kashmiri migrants for their enrolment in the electoral rolls of their original native constituencies. They will continue to be given option of voting at their place of enrolment or through postal ballot or through for specially setup polling stations at Jammu, Udhampur, Delhi, etc.”
It is further clarified that there is no change in rules regarding buying of property and jobs in the Government of UT of J&K and have no link to representation of voters or otherwise, it reads.
The statement of CEO has created controversy in J&K with residents of J&K apprehensive about addition of 25 lakh outsider voters in J&K.