Chennai voter alleges name wrongly deleted from electoral rolls

A voter in Chennai’s Mylapore constituency alleged her name was wrongly deleted from the electoral rolls despite completing verification steps, preventing her from voting. She accused officials of poor grievance handling and questioned the Election Commission’s process during roll revision

Chennai: A voter from Mylapore Assembly constituency alleged on Thursday that her name was “arbitrarily deleted” from the electoral rolls despite following all due procedures during the SIR of electoral rolls exercise.

Krithika Swamy claimed she had ensured her name was present in the draft roll after submitting the necessary forms along with her parents. However, upon arriving to exercise her franchise for the Assembly polls, she discovered her name had been struck off the final list, while her parents’ names remained on the roll.

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“I have been running from pillar to post since morning. I went to the Taluk office, the Zonal office, and back to the booth, but no one had an answer,” Swamy told PTI Videos, expressing outrage over the lack of a grievance redressal mechanism.

She further alleged that the Booth Level Officer (BLO) was unavailable and that officials displayed “audacity” by simply stating the name was deleted without providing a reason.

Swamy questioned the Election Commission’s process, citing a violation of her constitutional right. “In the name of deleting fake entries, genuine voters are being disenfranchised. There must be a simplified method to rectify such errors on polling day,” she added.