Members of Uttarakhand Lokvahini, expressing concern at the names of voters missing from the voters list have opined that a large number of people will be deprived of their right to vote in these Lok Sabha elections due to administrative carelessness. Addressing the media here on Monday, the Uttarakhand Lokvahini head and senior journalist Rajiv Lochan Sah also informed about the missing voters application developed by Shankar Gopalkrishnan of Chetna Andolan.
Speaking on the occasion, Sah said that not much time is left for polling in the Lok Sabha election. Every aware voter want to use his or her right to vote in these elections. However, the names of a considerable number of people are missing from the voters list. He said that those who are attempting to get this issue resolved at the local level are being told that their names cannot be added to the voters list now. Sah further said that Shankar Gopalkrishnan of Chetna Andolan in Dehradun along with his team members had conducted a sample survey on the basis of which it was claimed that the names of about 37 per cent voters are missing from the voters list. The bulk of people whose names are missing from the voters list are either from the minority communities or from Dalit segment of society, he averred.