The Congress and the BSP, in their representations, said anomalies in the electoral rolls, including over 58 lakh wrongly-represented voters, must be corrected before taking a decision on holding elections. “Can elections be held when there are 58 lakh bogus voters on the rolls? We have provided examples of constituencies where officials have indiscriminately added or deleted voters,” said Karnataka Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Gopalaswami said the issue of wrongly-included voters was addressed by the EC at a meeting with election officials in Karnataka on January 10.