“Just compare the EC communiques issued on July 19 and July 21, when the SIR was in its final phase, and the latest communique of August 8, which gives the final findings after the conclusion of the house-to-house enumeration phase.”Till July 19, the EC communiques used the phrases ‘probably deceased’ and ‘probably permanently shifted’, but by July 21, the description changed to ‘deceased electors reported so far’ and ‘permanently shifted electors reported so far’,” the Left leader claimed.Bhattacharya also alleged, “Till July 22, the figures were based on a total set of 7,16,04,102 enumeration forms received (of which 7,13,65,460 were digitised). The final findings cover a total of 7.24 crore enumeration forms. In other words, over the last few days of the enumeration phase, the base increased by 8 lakhs (considering all forms) or at most a little over one million.” “But the total count of ‘probably deceased’ or ‘reportedly deceased’ electors “jumped from 14,29,354 on July 19 to 16,55,407 on July 21 to 18,66,869 on July 22 to 22 lakh on conclusion”, he claimed.The permanently shifted category witnesses an even more “astounding leap”, he said.”A total of 19,74,246 voters on July 19 increased to 19,75,231 on July 21 to 26,01,031 voters on July 22, to 36 lakhs on conclusion! The figure nearly doubled in the final seven days,” he claimed.The CPI(ML) Liberation leader also pointed out, “Look at the category ‘Electors not found at their addresses so far’. The figure was 41,64,814 on July 19, which jumped to 43,92,864 on July 21 and 52,30,126 the very next day.”
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