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Form-7 Complaints Prompt Probe in Karnataka's Voter-Roll Revision
ஏன் செய்தியில்?
Form 6 adds a voter, so which form deletes one? Article 324 and the SIR rules for Prelims
ECI orders a probe into Form-7 misuse as Karnataka's Special Intensive Revision draws scrutiny.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
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Karnataka's Chief Electoral Officer has directed Electoral Registration Officers to act against applicants who knowingly file false Form-7 applications, after complaints of bulk filings seeking deletion of voters during the Special Intensive Revision.
The Election Commission has ordered a probe into the allegation, while the draft roll in the State shows over one crore fewer names than before.
Form 7 is the form for objecting to a name or seeking its deletion, and Article 324 vests superintendence of electoral rolls in the Election Commission.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
முக்கிய உண்மைகள்
Remember these
- Form 7 is used to object to a name in the electoral roll or seek its deletion.
- Form 6 is used to apply for new registration as an elector.
- Article 324 vests superintendence, direction and control of electoral rolls in the Election Commission.
- Karnataka's draft roll under the Special Intensive Revision shows over one crore fewer names than before.
- Karnataka's CEO has directed EROs to act against applicants who knowingly file false Form-7 applications.
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ் · மெயின்ஸ்
How the exam will ask it
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ்
- Article 324 vests the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls and the conduct of elections in the Election Commission.
- Form 6 is used for new registration as an elector, while Form 7 is used to object to the inclusion of a name or seek its deletion.
- Electoral Registration Officers prepare and maintain the roll for each constituency under the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
மெயின்ஸ்
GS-II Polity: free and fair elections depend on an accurate electoral roll. Article 324 and the Representation of the People Act, 1950 give the ECI the power to revise rolls, but bulk Form-7 filings and large deletions in an intensive revision raise concerns over disenfranchisement. Way forward: verification before deletion, notice and hearing to affected voters, penal action against false applicants, and transparent publication of deletion lists.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
With reference to electoral rolls in India, consider the following statements:
- Form 6 is the form used to object to the inclusion of a name in the electoral roll.
- Superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls is vested in the Election Commission under Article 324.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
விடையைக் காட்டு
விடை: B — Correct: 2 only — Statement 2 is correct, since Article 324 vests superintendence, direction and control of electoral rolls in the Election Commission; statement 1 is wrong. • 1 only — wrong: Statement 1 is wrong: Form 6 is used to apply for new registration as an elector, so '1 only' fails. • Both 1 and 2 — wrong: Statement 1 is wrong because Form 7, not Form 6, is the form for objecting to or seeking deletion of a name. • Neither 1 nor 2 — wrong: Statement 2 is factually correct under Article 324, so 'Neither' is ruled out.
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