Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Sunday announced plans to appoint booth-level ‘vote guardians’ to protect voters’ rights. Over 74 lakh voters had been identified as absent, deceased, duplicate or shifted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state, the party said.Speaking to reporters at the GPCC headquarters, former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan demanded a transparent verification of electoral rolls and called for chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s removal and criminal action over alleged irregularities.Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda claimed that more than 10 lakh people from the state had supported the party’s ‘Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod’ signature campaign. He alleged that the SIR findings vindicated the party’s earlier concerns about suspicious entries in voter lists.Congress will hold booth-level awareness meetings across Gujarat as part of its ‘Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao’ campaign. A nationwide rally is scheduled at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Nov 1, party leaders said.
