In a major political flashpoint ahead of the next electoral cycle, Thrissur District Congress Committee (DCC) president Joseph Tajet and Communist Party of India (CPI) State council member and the LDF candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Thrissur V.S. Sunilkumar have levelled serious allegations of large-scale voters’ list manipulation in the Thrissur parliamentary constituency.
Both leaders claim that non-residents were illegally added to the rolls using closed houses and vacant flats as cover addresses, with Mr. Tajet directly implicating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, and currently MP, Suresh Gopi.
‘Documentary evidence’
Presenting what he described as “documentary evidence,” Mr. Tajet alleged that the names of Mr. Gopi, his brother Subhash Gopi, and their family members were added to booth No. 116, under serial numbers 1016 to 1026, just months before the election. “These votes were registered under the address ‘Bharath Heritage,’ house number 10/219/2. Even after the family vacated the property post-election, their votes remain active on the Election Commission’s Voter Helpline app,” Mr. Tajet said.
He pointed out that the Thrissur Corporation’s official voter list for Division 11 – Mukkattukara, Part 2 – did not include these names, which, according to him, “proves they are not permanent residents of the said address.”
