No Images? Click here As the Lok Sabha elections enter their third phase, thousands of voters across India could not cast their votes as their names were missing from the electoral list. Some took to Twitter to express their anger, but many have written to the Election Commission Of India (ECI) and sought an investigation into the matter.In a letter written to ECI, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka alleged mass indiscriminate deletion of voters names in the electoral list, especially in Bengaluru South.There appear to be multiple causes behind this problem. According to Khalid Saifullah, founder of Missing Votes app, pursuing the case of missing voters with ECI, deleting any voters name from the official voters list is a ‘child’s play’, by misusing the established procedures for removing people who have shifted or died from the list.New to this email? You can sign up here.You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard.©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 |
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