The Election Commission authorities here have forwarded a copy of a complaint filed by a local activist seeking deletion of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s name from the Panaji electoral rolls, to Panaji Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) seeking an immediate report.
Goa Jt. Chief electoral Officer Narayan Navti confirmed while talking to The Hindu on Wednesday that they have sought a report in this regard.
Sources also later said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) also has sought a report from Goa Chief electoral Officer on the matter, based on a copy sent to the ECI by the complainant Aires Rodrigues.
The complaint filed on Tuesday had alleged that the name of former Goa Chief Minister Parrikar had been “fraudulently enrolled in the Panaji Assembly Constituency at Serial No. 412 in Part No. 8 showing his residential address as House No. 157, Opposite Pharmacy College in Panaji.”
The complaint claimed that Mr. Parrikar never ever resided at that address.
