The Election Commission has sent a notice to Congress leader Pawan Khera for registering himself as a voter in more than one constituency. The notice has mentioned the details of his two voter id cards, and asked him to appear before the authority on September 8 at 11 am.

“District Election Office, New Delhi District, has issued a notice to Congress leader Pawan Khera for registering himself in the voter list of more than one constituency,” the notice read.

“It has been brought to my notice that you have got your name registered in the electoral roll of more than one constituency,” the notice said.

What does the notice say?

According to the notice, Khera is enrolled as a voter in New Delhi and Jangpura assembly constituencies. “As you may be aware, that being registered in the electoral roll of more than one constituency is a penal offence under the Representation of People Act 1950. You are therefore, directed to show cause as to why action should not be taken against you under said Act,” it added.

The BJP alleged that Khera had two voter IDs and Rahul Gandhi was running a campaign against voter roll revision in Bihar to “protect and hide” his party’s theft of votes. This comes amid Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the election commission of India, which the opposition has called an attempt of mass “vote theft”.

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The BJP alleged that Khera had two voter IDs and Rahul Gandhi was running a campaign against voter roll revision in Bihar to “protect and hide” his party’s theft of votes. This comes amid Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the election commission of India, which the opposition has called an attempt of mass “vote theft”.

Pawan Khera vs Amit Malviya

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya shared a detailed post mentioning the two voter list details of Pawan Khera, saying that the Congress leader has two active EPIC numbers.

“Rahul Gandhi screamed “Vote Chori” from the rooftops. But just like he forgot to mention that his mother, Sonia Gandhi, enlisted herself in India’s voter list even before becoming an Indian citizen, it has now emerged that Pawan Khera, Congress spokesperson—who never misses a chance to flaunt his proximity to the Gandhis—holds two active EPIC numbers (in Jangpura and New Delhi Assembly Constituencies, falling under East Delhi and New Delhi Lok Sabha seats respectively),” he said.

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He also shared the EPIC numbers and other details of Khera from both constituencies.

“It is now for the Election Commission to investigate how Pawan Khera holds two active EPIC numbers, and whether he voted multiple times—a clear violation of electoral laws,” he said.

To this, Pawan Khera said that after Rahul Gandhi’s August 7 press conference, thousands of cases surfaced where the same or different EPIC IDs for one person are registered in multiple booths, constituencies, even states.

“Malviya showed no particular interest in those cases. So, it is not the integrity of the electoral rolls that he is concerned about. It is politically-motivated mudslinging,” he said.

“With his morning stunt, Malviya conceded that the ECI has failed to maintain the integrity of the electoral rolls. This is despite my Form 7 application to delete my name from the New Delhi constituency after shifting houses in 2016,” he added.