Dehradun:
Congress chief and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat stepped out Thursday morning in Dehradun to vote in municipal physique elections within the hill state. Besides, he couldn’t.
Mr Rawat – a long-time resident of town and who voted from Dehradun’s Niranjanpur neighbourhood within the April-June federal election and the 2022 Meeting election – was instructed his identify had disappeared from the record of voters, and that there was nothing to be achieved about it.
The Congress veteran has voted from Dehradun’s Niranjanpur since 2009.
“I’ve been ready since morning… however my identify was not discovered on the polling station at which 9I voted within the Lok Sabha election,” he instructed information company PTI, including, in a pointy swipe on the BJP, “I ought to have been extra alert… figuring out they’re concerned in including and eradicating names from the record.”
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“I’ve been ready since morning… however my identify was not discovered on the polling station the place I voted within the Lok Sabha elections. They’re now looking for it… let’s examine what… pic.twitter.com/ZnNKmaD00n
— Press Belief of India (@PTI_News) January 23, 2025
On complaining to the State Election Fee, he was reportedly instructed the ballot physique’s pc server was malfunctioning and that he could not vote for the candidate of his selection.
Elections are being held throughout Uttarakhand for 11 municipal firms, 43 municipal councils, and 46 Nagar Panchayats.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who leads the BJP authorities within the state, this morning referred to as on all voters to train their franchise, and “please make the BJP candidates win”.
“I attraction to all of the individuals of Uttarakhand; you could have all the time stood by the BJP and (helped) type a double-engine authorities. You made Narendra Modi the Prime Minister, once more. I attraction to all of you… please make all BJP candidates win and assist type a triple-engine authorities,” he mentioned.
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