The Hindu : `Gujarat minorities may not be able to vote'

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Friday, Aug 09, 2002

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`Gujarat minorities may not be able to vote'

NEW Delhi Aug 8. The situation in Gujarat is not conducive for members of the minority community to vote fearlessly, the high-level Election Commission team, which toured Gujarat last week, is understood to have told the commission.

In its report submitted to the full commission this afternoon, the nine-member team is understood to have said that minority community people, many of whom are still living in relief camps or outside their homes, may not be able to take part in the elections if these are held immediately.

The minority community constitutes about 12 per cent of the population and many of its members are either living in camps or have not returned to their homes.

These people may not be able to take part in the elections in the prevailing atmosphere of fear, the team is understood to have said.

The EC team was despatched to Gujarat last week following conflicting claims by the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress and Left parties about the State's preparedness to hold Assembly polls— UNI

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