Congress leader G Niranjan has claimed that AIMIM leader and MP Asaduddin Owaisi has registered himself as a voter of two different assembly constituencies, which is a blatant violation of the rules of the Election Commission of India.

This dual registration goes against the Representation of the People Act of 1950. Telangana Chief Electoral Office officials said that some Congress leaders had brought the issue to the attention of the Hyderabad District Election Officer last month, but no action was taken to delete Owaisi’s name from one of the Assembly constituencies.

Niranjan, who is the senior vice president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dated January 5, said that MP Asaduddin Owaisi is registered as a voter in two different assembly constituencies which is against the provision of the commission.

According to the ‘Special Summary Revision’ of the 2023 photo electoral rolls, published on Thursday by the Telangana Chief Electoral Office, Owaisi, president of the AIMIM, is registered to vote in Khairatabad and Rajendranagar.

Niranjan said that this indicates the clear irresponsibility of an elected Member of Parliament and also the recklessness of election machinery in publishing the final voter's list.

Niranjan also attached the voter's list of both constituencies which he claimed to have downloaded from the website of the Election Commission of India.

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