VD Satheesan letter to ECI: Even earlier than the Lok Sabha elections 2024, questions have been raised concerning the power of 'voting from house' offered throughout the elections. The Leader of Opposition in Kerala, South India has written a letter to the Election Commission (EC) on this regard. V D Satheesan has demanded from the EC that measures needs to be taken to forestall doable misuse of the vote from house facility introduced for senior residents and disabled individuals within the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
In a letter despatched to Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul on Wednesday (March 27, 2024), the senior Congress chief requested that the 'voting from house' facility for individuals within the disabled class together with senior residents aged 85 years and above be prolonged. Complaints and issues needs to be resolved.
What has VD Satheesan claimed?
Leader of Opposition in Kerala Meeting V D Satheesan claimed that this facility was extensively misused within the 2021 meeting elections. Throughout this, he recommended that to keep away from any discrepancy, different id paperwork together with Aadhaar needs to be made necessary as an alternative of contemplating the election id card as the one genuine doc to confirm the age of these voting from house.
'Vote from house' facility will likely be offered for the primary time
With the intention of constructing the Lok Sabha elections simple and easy for everybody, the Election Commission (EC) has made particular preparations this time. For the primary time within the historical past of normal elections, EC had introduced the power of voting from house. It was advised by the EC that this time disabled individuals and other people aged 85 years and above will likely be ready to vote from house. Due to this resolution of EC, greater than 85 lakh senior residents and 88.4 lakh disabled individuals will likely be ready to vote from house by way of postal poll.
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