Quoted in The Hindu and amplified by Rajdeep Sardesai, Poraji was accused of double voting in Panvel. He rubbished the allegation as “sheer defamation” and accused the media of exploiting his name to malign the ECI.
In the past 3 months, new voter registration through Form-6 has increased 9 times in Muslim-dominated Malda and Murshidabad, Nadia, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas.
The controversy erupted after Sanjay Kumar posted inflated voter roll figures, later deleted with an apology citing “misread rows”. Verified Election Commission data exposed the falsehood, prompting ICSSR to issue a show cause notice.
Official Form 20 records exposed Sanjay Kumar’s viral CSDS data as false. Pawan Khera deleted his post without apology, while BJP accused CSDS of playing a dangerous, foreign-funded game of narrative-building against the Election Commission.
The Election Commission of India dismissed allegations of voter fraud raised by Opposition leaders, saying the correct time to raise concerns about electoral rolls is during the “claims and objections” period.