Accordingly Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat justified deletion of lakhs of voters in Telangana saying the Election Commission used the latest technology to purify the electoral rolls during special revision. Meanwhile the number of voters in Telangana have come down from 2.82 crore in 2014 to 2.73 crore as per the final rolls published this month and the net deletions were about 22 lakh as 12 lakh new voters were added.
As per report the CEC, however, assured the political parties that the election authorities will look into their specific complaints through verification by Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) concerned in the presence of representatives of all political parties. Furthermore it was stated that the CEC explained that the voters' list was brought on digital platform and they used de-duplication software and latest technology to find the deficiencies and correct them.
He said "This is a transition phase and once EROnet becomes operational throughout the country and linked to registrar of births and deaths, all these problems will evaporate”.
