Under the ongoing special intensive revision in the state, notices were generated for several prominent voters, including Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and actor Shivarajkumar, whose names were reportedly flagged as unmapped in the earlier electoral records, officials said on Wednesday.
The name of Kannada film actor Shivarajkumar was also found in the 2002 electoral roll , and the system generated a notice requiring a hearing. Because her name appeared with a small formatting difference between the current electoral roll and the 2002 records, in one case, an elderly Bengaluru resident received a notice. Because of the notice,” he said, but we had to spend over an hour at the office.
“A discrepancy was noticed in the name of the Hon’ble person in the electoral roll. However, he was not required to travel to the GBA office with documents, Election officials carried out the verification at his residence. “We’ve a provision to complete the process for VIPs without their appearance at the hearing. In another case in Cooke Town, a tech professional found that a slight difference in the transliteration his name had been treated as a logical discrepancy. “The BLO later explained that the variation had occurred when details from English were converted into Kannada during digitisation.
“No notice has been issued to Bharat Ratna (awardee) Prof CN (R) Rao in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the Malleshwaram assembly constituency,” the GBA said, quoting its chief commissioner and Bengaluru Urban district election officer M Maheshwar Rao. In view of this, the Booth Level Officer (BLO), without issuing any notice, has recommended inclusion of his name in the final electoral roll, considering him to be a respected person,” the GBA said. A senior ECI official said such an arrangement was available for prominent voters. The BLO concerned will complete the process at their doorstep,” the office said. She said there was no substantive difference in the spelling and that the variation appeared to have arisen during the preparation of the digital records.
The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) said on Wednesday that no notice had been issued to Rao, rejecting reports that the scientist had been asked to appear for a hearing over the discrepancy.
