AGRA, Oct. 29 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Agra Cantt GS Dharmesh on Wednesday alleged that there were nearly 60,000 fake or non-existent voters in his constituency's electoral rolls. He demanded FIRs and salary suspension of booth-level officers (BLOs) negligent in performing their duties, holding them responsible for "large-scale irregularities" in the voter list.

Dharmesh said he had personally analysed records of 65 out of 469 booths in Agra Cantt, which together have 45,521 voters, and found 5,400 women still listed as voters at their parents' addresses despite likely being married and registered elsewhere. Another 949 voters appeared twice, with names featuring in multiple booths, he pointed out.

"When these 6,349 name...