Cong: Families divided on electoral rolls

Goa | Thursday | 23rd November, 2017

Summary:

"Chodankar contested and lost to chief minister Manohar Parrikar in the Panaji bypolls, earlier this year. "In some parts of Panaji constituency, especially in part 28 and 29, there is a lot of segregation among voters of the same household as well as in the same complex having enrolled in separate constituencies," Chodankar said. "This is completely illegal. Panaji: Stating that voters residing in the same residential complex were being enrolled in two different constituencies - Taleigao and Panaji - due to political pressure, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has written to the chief electoral officer seeking that such voters should be "randomized before being enrolled in any particular constituency".AICC secretary Girish Chodankar has written to the chief electoral officer with a copy sent to the chief election commissioner in New Delhi and the letter comes less than a month after Chodankar filed a complaint against "bogus voting" with the Election Commission of India..