Bengaluru: Following allegations by the Archdiocese of Bengaluru that the names of several voters, belonging to minority communities in the Shivajinagar Constituency, were missing from the final electoral list, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in State clarified on Saturday February 18 that the Election Commission of India (ECI) does not take any data of voters which is related to caste and religion. Therefore, no such instances can arise, it added.
The letter had alleged that 8,000 names, including voters from the SC, Backward Classes and Muslim Communities, of the total number of 9,195 names of voters, were missing in the Final Electoral Roll-2023. In response, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said that 1,847 persons were found to be dead on verification. Among these, no names have been deleted yet, it added.
