Cancel nomination of Panchayat candidates having names in ULB voter lists: Congress

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun

The Congress has said that many such people have filed nomination papers for the three tier Panchayat elections in the State whose name also figures in the voter list of  the urban local bodies of the State.  The party has demanded that the nomination papers of such candidates should be cancelled by the State Election Commission (SEC) whose name is there in the voter lists of Panchayat bodies and ULB. On the orders of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara, a delegation of State Congress led by spokesperson Sheeshpal Singh Bisht visited the SEC in this regard on Monday. The delegation also submitted a memorandum directed to the State Election Commission on the issue. The party demanded that the SEC should strictly implement its order dated December 10, 2019 and ensure that the candidature of such voters having names in the voter lists of both Panchayat and ULB is cancelled in the elections of three tier Panchayat bodies and they should also be debarred from exercising their franchise in Panchayat polls.

Meanwhile the PCC president Karan Mahara has accused the State administration of working under pressure from the government in this regard.