The Election Commission of India (ECI) has said that utmost transparency is the hallmark of electoral roll preparation as per law, rules and guidelines. In a statement, the poll body said that political parties were involved at every stage of preparing electoral rolls, which is a multi-stage exercise.
The ECI has criticised political parties and individuals for raising concerns over alleged errors in electoral rolls from previous elections. The poll body said that the appropriate time to raise any issue with the Electoral Rolls would have been during the Claims and Objections period of that phase, which is precisely the objective behind sharing the Electoral Rolls with all Political Parties and the Candidates. Election Commission clarified that had such issues been flagged during the stipulated time, they could have been examined and, if genuine, corrected by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) before the elections.
The commission also highlighted that several political parties and their Booth Level Agents failed to review the draft rolls during the appropriate time and did not raise objections. Election Commission said that the draft electoral rolls are published in both digital and physical formats and shared with all political parties. The commission added that draft rolls are also published on the ECI website for public access as pure electoral rolls strengthen democracy.
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