bangalore rolls

In a city that prides itself on information technology, the Election Commission’s buggy voter registration tool online is frustrating citizens to no end.

The CEO of Karnataka disagreed with allegations that 30% of voter names were removed from the rolls in Basavanagudi. He is right – the deletions were close to 36.36%. He said “over 53,000 names” were added to the rolls – right again! 3,99,299 voters were added.

With over one million names deleted from the rolls of Bangalore districts alone, why is the onus on citizens to check if their name is on the rolls.