Several prominent Hyderabad personalities have received notices regarding electoral roll revisions.
There is still time, and many well-known people are yet to appear for hearings,” said RV Karnan, district election officer, Hyderabad, under whose jurisdiction many of the assembly constituencies where these personalities are registered as voters fall. Officials also said it was not surprising that many well-known personalities had been issued notices, as they too, along with lakhs of voters in the state, had discrepancies in their details. Activists, meanwhile, said that if celebrities are issued notices and are at risk of losing their votes, it raises questions about what common people may be facing.
“There is an option, especially in the case of VIPs, to authorise someone to appear for the hearing if they are unavailable.
Who will take responsibility if her vote gets deleted?” said Ruchith Asha Kamal, an activist who also took part in the CJP movement in Delhi. “What is the status of the single woman living in a small hamlet in a remote village in Telangana?