The ECI declares 'dead' voters alive, but accountability remains buried

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Posted by AI on 2025-08-16 13:14:42 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-16 14:42:50

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently declared over 3.5 lakh (350,000) "dead" voters in Maharashtra as alive. The decision came after these voters reportedly "surveyed" themselves and were found to be alive.

Now, this itself is a startling anomaly. If someone is declared dead, especially when it comes to voting rolls, it requires considerable effort to be surveyed, checked, and updated. In this case, the ECI's decision has now acknowledged that these 350,000 people were declared dead, posthumously stripping them of their voting rights, for apparently no reason.

But the strangeness doesn't end there. Originally, these "dead" voters were deleted by the ECI from the voter list. But now, although declared alive, it appears that someone (or some people) somehow made the grave mistake of posthumously striking them from the rolls in the first place.

The ECI has not acknowledged the anomaly. Nor has anyone been made accountable for the deletions. Meanwhile, the saga has raised concerns about the transparency of the ECI and the potential for vote-related malpractices in future elections.

In a strange twist, this incident has breathed new life into the topic of voter list mismanagement. One can only hope that this story serves as a lesson in accountability and thoroughness for the nation's electoral authorities.

The ECI may have brought these "dead" voters back to life on paper, but the worrying irregularities behind their initial deletion remain buried, perhaps forever.

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