The Communist Party of India (Marxist) here has alleged that the district police and revenue officials are colluding with the Congress leadership in the Iritty taluk in Kannur district to remove pro-Left Democratic Front (LDF) voters from the voters’ list.
CPI(M) leader M.V. Jayarajan in charge of the district unit of the party said here on Wednesday that local Congress workers had submitted applications to election officials to remove 85-year old Chirammal Narayaniyamma after she had gone to her son’s house for one day.
He added that Congress workers had submitted several such applications for removing what they allege to be ‘fake votes’ from the electoral rolls.
Instead of properly investigating such complaints, booth-level officers are sending reports favouring the Congress, he said.
Mr. Jayarajan also said that the district police chief had orally instructed several CPI(M) workers to report to local police stations with their photos and identity cards.
The police had also registered cases against some LDF workers under section 107 of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code.
Under the section, if an executive magistrate has information that a person is likely to breach peace, that person can be ordered to execute a bond.
He alleged that draconian laws are being used against the CPI(M) workers. Such measures are to subvert free and fair elections in the district, he added.
