Ahmedabad: Angry over his name missing from the voters' list in the crucial Gujarat Assembly elections, senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia on December 12 charged Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh with hatching a "conspiracy against Hindu society by deliberately omitting names of large number of Hindus".

Togadia, who launched an acrimonious 'hindutva' campaign just a fortnight before polls, sought an "explanation" from Lyngdoh for the "deliberate discrepancy".

"He will have to give an explanation to people of India," the firebrand VHP leader said.

Claiming that his name is missing despite voting in the last three elections, Togadia alleged, "This is definitely a conspiracy against Hindu society by Lyngdoh, who has taken all care to include even displaced Muslims in the list."

Togadia, a voter from Sarkhej constituency, also claimed that names of residents of an entire housing society in his area were also missing.

PTI