3 min learnNew DelhiSep 10, 2026 02:09 AM IST
The workplace of the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday stated that BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha had filed Type 6 looking for inclusion within the electoral roll of Rajinder Nagar constituency on August 26 and his software was accepted on September 2 after due process.
This, after the AAP alleged that Chadha, who left the get together to affix the BJP in April, had bought himself enrolled illegally as a voter in Delhi after being struck off the draft Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) roll final month in Punjab, the place he had been registered as a voter since a minimum of 2024.
“As per file accessible, Raghav Chadha, MP (Rajya Sabha) utilized for inclusion of his identify in Type 6 in AC-39 (Rajinder Nagar) on August 26,” the workplace of Delhi CEO stated.
Type 6 is the official software type utilized in India to use for a brand new voter identification card or to request the inclusion of a citizen’s identify within the electoral roll.
Chadha’s software, bearing quantity U05039D6N2608261200000, was accepted by the Electoral Registration Officer after completion of the necessary seven-day discover interval, the CEO workplace stated.
“The Type was accepted by the Electoral Registration Officer… after completion of necessary discover interval of 07 days,” the workplace additional stated, including that the appliance was processed as per the process laid down by the Election Fee.
The AAP, nevertheless, claimed that the MP’s identify had been added “via the again door”.
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Anurag Dhanda, AAP’s nationwide media in-charge demanded that Chadha’s Type 6 be made public and that individuals be allowed to file objections towards it in the identical method as for any peculiar elector.
Dhanda claimed Chadha’s identify didn’t seem in any Type 6 acquired in Rajinder Nagar between September 1 and seven. He additionally questioned how Chadha’s identify appeared because the 747th entry when the draft roll contained 746 voters and the ultimate roll had not but been revealed.
The CEO workplace stated that beneath EC provisions, any eligible particular person whose identify doesn’t exist within the electoral roll can apply for inclusion via Type 6 together with the prescribed supporting paperwork. It additionally cited the EC’s Could 14 pointers on the SIR, which give that additions made in the course of the SIR interval could be assigned serial numbers in continuation after the final entry of the draft roll.
“It’s clarified that remaining electoral roll is revealed after completion of revision interval and after disposing of all claims and objections. Nevertheless, as quickly as any Type is accepted …, the identify begins reflecting within the database in continuation of final serial variety of draft roll,” the CEO workplace stated.
