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South Goa MP gets EC notice, asked to prove ID for poll roll
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|January 09, 2026
South Goa Member of Parliament Captain Viriato Fernandes on Thursday expressed serious concern after receiving a notice from the Election Commission of India (ECI) asking him to appear with documents to prove his identity in order to retain his name in the electoral roll.
Fernandes said the notice comes despite the fact that every contestant in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, including himself, was subjected to the “highest level of scrutiny” by the ECI before being cleared to contest the polls.
Pointing to his long record as a voter, the MP said he has been exercising his franchise since 1989, after the voting age was lowered to 18 following an initiative of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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