Barmer, Jan. 20 -- Ruga Ram, a BJP booth-level agent (BLA) from the Chohtan assembly constituency, has accused unknown persons of using forged signatures in his name to seek deletion of 190 voters from the electoral rolls. Ram, who has served as a booth agent for nearly 15 years, said this was the first time such an incident had occurred in his gram panchayat. "Two of the deleted voters belong to my own family, while the majority are from a minority community," said Ram, BLA from Booth No. 247 in the Sedwa subdivision . According to Ram, Form-7 applications for deletion of 190 voters were submitted to the returning officer using fake signatures attributed to him. "When I tried to contact the concerned booth level officer (BLO) to verify the matter, my calls went unanswered. After villagers gathered and discussed the issue, I clarified that the signatures were not mine," Ram said. Terming the entire exercise a case of fraud, he said he and the villagers will go to the police to lodge a complaint. Baytu MLA Harish Choudhary said that the allegations made by BJP's own booth-level agents expose the seriousness of the issue. He claimed that several Form-7 applications linked to BJP's BLA-2 agents were found suspicious, with the agents themselves denying that the forms carried their genuine signatures. Choudhary alleged that as per election rules, a BLA-2 can submit a maximum of 10 Form-7 applications in a day, but in Barmer, hundreds of forms were submitted in bulk, which he described as a clear violation of norms. Choudhary further alleged that despite the seriousness of the matter, the district administration has not initiated any suo motu action or registered FIRs against those responsible. He accused the BJP of undermining democratic processes and said the constitutional right to vote cannot be taken away through fraudulent means. He also alleged that the SIR process is being carried out in a centralised manner, with forms being filled at one location instead of at the village level. In several cases, applications were allegedly submitted to delete the names of government employees posted in the same villages. He cited instances where forged signatures of husbands were used to seek deletion of their wives' names and claimed that illiterate villagers were made to sign applications without understanding their contents. Accusing the authorities of attempting mass deletion of voters, Choudhary said that such efforts are underway across the district, citing examples from Bishala, Janpalia, Harpalia, Arti, Jalila, Bisasar, Jhadpa, and Bhanwar. Commenting on Choudhary's allegations, BJP leader Ramesh Singh Inda said that the Congress is making baseless allegations. He clarified that only the names of those voters are being deleted who are registered at two different locations. He added that the Congress is crying foul because its own misdeeds are coming to the fore. Election officials in Barmer were not available when contacted for a comment....