UBT, MNS move SEC over 1] lakh duplicate entries

A delegation led by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar, on Thursday, presented a detailed memorandum before the State Election Commission pertaining to 11 lakh duplicate voters in the list published by the BMC on November 20.

- Kalpesh Mhamunkar and Devashri Bhujbal

The Shiv Sena (UBT) has also questioned the week-long delay in publishing the list when the scheduled date was November 14.

The SEC has, however, clarified that the list was published following the revised schedule and no one had access to the list before it was officially uploaded.

Meanwhile, the BMC clarified that the draft voters list was officially uploaded on November 20 following instructions from the State Election Commission (SEC). Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam said they are, in fact, in favour of deleting dubious names from the voters list. “The SEC has done the right thing to mark multiple entries. We welcome this scrutiny.”