Fight to Vote

Original Report

Background: My family has been voting in the same constituency since, at least, the 1952 elections(Guess, my grandparents had voted in the Representative Assembly elections too, that's pre-independence era). They have been voting in the same voting booth(Immaculate Heart Convent) since its inception.
What transpired: Today(30th April, 2009) when my parents had gone to vote, they were in for a rude shock, their entries in the Electoral Roll were marked as "Deleted"!

The Presiding Officer and the policeman were especially rude, when my parents were trying to look for their name at the enquiry desk(in a neighbouring room), they were shouted at that they(poll officers) had already confirmed that their names are deleted and that they should have verified two months back itself. The Presiding Officer told them to approach the political parties camping outside the voting booth.

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