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CEO turns down Allu Aravind’s plea

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POLL PREPARATION?: Allu Aravind (right), brother-in-law of film star Chiranjeevi, calls on Chief Electoral Officer I.V. Subba Rao on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: A plea by film producer Allu Aravind, brother-in-law of film star Chiranjeevi, to extend the July 14 deadline for completion of house-to-house enumeration of eligible voters for enrolment was turned down by Chief Electoral Officer I. V. Subba Rao here on Wednesday.

Mr. Aravind met the CEO at the latter’s office for 20 minutes and sought extension of the deadline since “a large number of youth who had crossed the age of 18 years after the 2004 elections had not been enrolled”. The film maker later told reporters that he had called on Mr. Subba Rao as an individual citizen but refused to answer any questions on the party being launched by Mr. Chiranjeevi. The CEO explained that the deadline was fixed quite some time ago by the Election Commission after considering several factors. However, two more opportunities were available after July 14 for eligible voters to enrol themselves.

Competent authority

They could approach the officials concerned between July 25 and August 9 when objections would be received by the competent authority, tahsildar, for inclusion or deletion of names from the electoral rolls. The draft electoral rolls would be displayed at all tahsildar offices.

The second opportunity would be available from September 1 when 1,200 designated photo lamination (DPL) centres would be opened in the State.

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