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A political controversy has erupted in the national capital following the deletion of 727 names from a list of 728 residents in the Bela Estate jhuggi cluster situated on the banks of the Yamuna. An India Today ground report from Bela Ghat reveals residents living in shanties under a bridge without proper electricity or water supply, displaying their voter identity cards and previous electoral rolls. The local booth level officer stated that she visited the addresses mentioned in earlier rolls but found no houses, alleging the shanties were erected to register names. The Election Commission maintains all deletions followed due norms and regulations.

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00:00We've heard all the politicians, but what's the situation on the ground?
00:04Now, one area which Rahul Gandhi has gone and visited to make his claim that voters are being disenfranchised
00:12is in the national capital, where over 47 lakh people, remember, across Delhi have been removed from the voter list.
00:19One juggi cluster is in the capital because the Congress points out that everyone except one resident here has been
00:27removed.
00:27Here is a ground report by Rahul Gautam from Bela Ghat, a day after Rahul Gandhi met residents there.
00:35Take a look at what our Rahul, Rahul Gautam, found on the ground.
00:43727 names from a list of 728 residents of Bela Estate Juggi cluster on the banks of the Yamuna struck
00:51off in SIR.
00:53The deletions have triggered a political draw with leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi visiting the residents and alleging vote-chauri.
01:20When India today visited the Bela Ghat, there were no pakka houses at the spot.
01:25People are living in shanties under a bridge with no proper electricity or water supply.
01:31The residents showed their voter IDs and previous electoral rolls.
02:21The local BLO told India today that when she was assigned to the area,
02:25she visited the addresses mentioned in the previous electoral rolls, but found no houses at the location.
02:31The BLO alleged that the shanties were erected to get the names registered.
02:37In Bela Estate, Rahul Gandhi is claiming vote-chauri, but at the same time, ECI is maintaining that names were
02:43deleted after following all the norms and regulations.
02:47Clearly, there are many layers to Bela Estate vote-chauri claims, and truth is just not plain.
02:55With Vinod Kumar, this is Rahul Gautam reporting for India Today.

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