Similar issue surfaces from the Pali Hill area in Bandra, where several residents claim that their names were missing from the voters’ list
People wait to cast their vote at Narsee Jamnabai School in Juhu. PIC/MADHULIKA RAM KAVATTUR
Residents of Juhu who turned up early to cast their vote on Thursday could not find their names in the lists at their polling booths. Rasbihari B Lalwani, a resident of Juhu, whose polling centre was the Narsee Jamnabai School campus (ward 67), claimed that he came in early at 8 am with his elderly parents to cast vote but could not find his or the names of his parents in the voters' list at the polling centre.
Talking about his struggle, he told mid-day, “I went to the centre at 8 am with my elderly parents, who are both over 75. As we reached the booth, the officers there told us none of our names were in the list.” The confusion which started out at 8 am lasted till 10 am. “I kept insisting that the officers should look more closely, but they kept refusing to look into the issue. My elderly parents were not even provided sitting accommodations while I dealt with the missing names,” Lalwani said.
After finding a place for his parents to sit, Lalwani said he confronted the officers again. “I almost created a scene at the site and kept on asking them to look into the voters' list again; one of the officers finally said to me that they were not trained properly and were new to the area, hence completely clueless about what to do to help me.”
Lalwani claimed that many from his family faced the similar issue. “I come from a joint family of about 40 people living in the same building, and none of our names was in the lists. After insisting, they [the officers] finally looked into the list more closely and found the name of our building and then found our names.” A similar issue surfaced from the Pali Hill area in Bandra, where several residents claimed that their names were missing from the voters’ list.
A resident requesting anonymity said, “My whole colony’s name was missing; the officer directly told me no one from Green Acres was in the list, but they did find my granddaughter’s name.” She was able to cast her vote after an hour’s insistence and conversation, said the resident.
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