Delhi elections 2015: Arvind Kejriwal duly registered as a voter from New Delhi, says EC

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission, directed by the Delhi High Court on Monday to respond to a plea challenging AAP chief Arvind Kerjiwal's candidature from New Delhi on the grounds of his domicile, has found his nomination to be in order. As required by the Representation of the People's Act, the former Delhi chief minister is duly registered as a voter in New Delhi constituency from the address 87, Block K, BK Dutt Colony (Jor Bagh).

"We checked up the latest electoral roll for Delhi and found Kejriwal's name very much in the voters' list from B K Dutt Colony. Though he had briefly lived at Tilak Marg after taking over as chief minister last year, he applied for a change of address just ahead of the polls, first to V P House on Rafi Marg and then to BK Dutt Colony.

As per the law, an assembly poll candidate must be an elector from any constituency in the state going to poll.

The EC is expected to validate Kejriwal's eligibility to contest the Delhi assembly poll when the plea challenging his candidature comes up for hearing next on February 4. "We will certify that Kerjiwal fulfils the criteria for contesting the Delhi elections, including the one that requires the candidate to have a Delhi domicile," an top commission official told TOI.