WHAT THEY SAY

THE DELETION OF FICTITIOUS VOTERS HAS UPSET A FEW ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, AS IT WILL DECREASE THEIR VOTE BANK. DESPITE WELCOMING THE MOVE, POLITICIANS FROM VARIOUS PARTIES HAVE A DIFFERENT SAY ON THE REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS.

The revision of voters’ list in Hyderabad has to be undertaken carefully. Bogus voters have to be eradicated. Invalid voters are present in many constituencies. The geotagging and location of polling booths should be scientific to enable voters to locate the polling booths in their areas. The revision of the voters’ list will have an impact on the next elections. So, the results will be surprising.

T— NARAPARAJU RAMCHANDER RAO, MLC, BJP city president he IRER will make the voting process transparent. The polling stations are mapped online. Inspectors will visit houses to verify the existing details. New voters can also register. All kinds of duplications will be cleared. — MYNAMPALLY HANMANTH RAO, TRS Greater Hyderabad President

IRevision welcome the Intensive

Of Electoral Rolls (IRER). In 2015, the Chief Minister had instructed the chief election officer and the GHMC commissioner to delete 15 lakh bogus voters. I am not sure whether such instructions are given this time also. — MARRI SHASHIDHAR REDDY, Senior leader from the Congress

Every year the election commission takes up the summary revision. But the intensive revision will make a fresh list by linking the house numbers. The AIMIM has been asking the election commission to conduct the intensive revision as the summary revision may not be of great help. The IREA will clean up the list and all eligible voters will get a chance to enrol. —— SYED AMIN JAFRI, AIMIM, MLC