MLC asks EC reasons for not completing mapping of voters under SIR

MLC Ivan D’Souza said present connected Saturday that the Election Commission (EC) should travel retired with the reasons for not being capable to implicit the mapping of each voters nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll.

Addressing presspersons, helium said that according to the EC, 15.98 lakh (88.56%) of the 18.05 lakh electorate from the 8 Assembly constituencies successful Dakshina Kannada person been mapped. It should denote circumstantial reasons for not being capable to representation different voters.

The MLC said that the Congress volition not let “wrongful deletion and wrongful addition” of voters successful the roll.

Mr. D’Souza said that the Commission should besides clarify however it volition woody with treble introduction of names successful the voters’ database successful antithetic States. For example, helium said, a elector of Kerala oregon a elector of Gujarat whitethorn person his oregon her sanction entered successful the electoral rolls some successful Karnataka and those States. The aforesaid is imaginable successful the lawsuit of galore extracurricular State students studying successful the coastal belt.

The MLC accused the BJP of indulging successful “vote chori and spot chori” successful the country.

He said that the Congress is cooperating with the Commission during the SIR and it is for due SIR.