Cong Secy MP Sajjan Singh Verma name appears in two districts in Madhya Pradesh

Congress secretary and former Lok Sabha MP Sajjan Singh Verma's name appears in the voter's list of two districts in Madhya Pradesh, an electoral official said today.

The official said that Verma's name was found in the voter's list for Sonkatch Assembly constituency in Dewas district while the Congress leader claimed that the votes in Indore.

Verma had, about a fortnight ago, lodged a complaint seeking revision of the voter's list in Sonkatch from where he has been an MLA earlier claiming that it contained names of around 25,000 bogus voters.

Speaking to PTI today, Sonkatch Assembly constituency returning officer Nita Rathore said, "During the checking of the voter's list, Verma's name was found. He has been served notice on August 23 and has been asked to be present at Sonkatch tehsil with documents on August 29."

Rathore, who is also the sub-divisional magistrate, said that Verma's name would be struck off from the voter's list in Sonkatch if he failed to respond. She added that an inquiry had already found that Verma was not living in the address mentioned in the voter's list.

Verma, meanwhile, claimed ignorance about his name figuring in the Sonkatch voter's list and said that he voted in Indore, from where he hails, "from the beginning". "I have not received any notice.

The date of getting the name struck off from the voters' list is August 31. Keeping this in mind, I will not comment," Verma said.

The Congress had, earlier, complained with the Election Commission of India that the ruling BJP in MP was planning to influence Assembly polls slated for later this year by enrolling 60 lakh bogus names in the electoral roll.

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