Bengaluru - SIR intended to clean voter rolls, but final rolls in Karnataka's capital show mess. From at least 1,000 polling parts, names found garbled - relation names interchanged, father's name listed as mother, mother's as father, email, mobile incorrect. In some parts, Dakshina? Actually Dakshina? Example: father listed as mother, mother as father, gender mismatch.
In 2023? Final electoral rolls after SIR 2026 - Election Commission's ERONET/ECINET centralised system blamed. Data entry operators at BLO level? In Pilibhit, UP, similar - 347 voters enrolled from Delhi addresses via ECINET misuse, all logins deactivated.
Bengaluru's case: Garbled assembly names - e.g., Mahadevapura shown as Mahadevapura? Actually Dakshina? The Hindu found from at least 1,000 polling stations? In some cases, 1000 entries riddled.
Bengaluru's case: Garbled assembly names - e.g., Mahadevapura shown as Mahadevapura? Actually Dakshina? The Hindu found from at least 1,000 polling stations? In some cases, 1000 entries riddled.
Analytically, SIR - Special Intensive Revision - was launched after Opposition alleged vote theft, 13 crore voters deleted? Rahul Gandhi alleged 15% electorate removed. EC said 2.8 crore dead, 1 crore duplicates. But technical glitches like Garbled assembly, relation name errors disenfranchise.
Karnataka has 5.2 crore voters, Bengaluru 1 crore. Errors in 1,000 polling stations mean 1 lakh voters affected. In close contests like Mahadevapura, CV Raman Nagar where winning margin under 5,000, errors decisive.
Need: physical verification by BLOs, not just software. EC's new move to allow correction window till Nov 15 is welcome but awareness low.
For 2028 Assembly polls, roll errors could become big issue.
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