Brother submitted name deletion form

BENGALURU: Former cricketer Rahul Dravid will not be able to vote this time due to non-inclusion of his name in the voters’ list. Confusion crept in after Dravid’s brother Vijay submitted Form 7 (meant for deletion of names from list) on October 31, 2018, stating Dravid and his wife

Vijeta

had moved from

Indiranagar

to Ashwathnagar in RMV Extension.


During the EC’s special drive, a booth-level officer visited Dravid’s Indiranagar residence and conducted mahazhar in the presence of Vijay and deleted the names of Dravid and Vijeta. Domlur sub-division assistant electoral returning officer

Basawaraju Magi

confirmed Vijay had submitted their deletion forms. “After deletion of names, Dravid did not submit Form 6 (for inclusion of names) to Mathikere subdivision office.”

Magi said the first draft of voters’ list was published on January 16, 2019 and EC officials had appealed to all to check if their names are included. The last date for inclusion in the voters’ list was March 16. Mathikere sub-division assistant electoral returning officer Roopa said booth-level officers had visited Dravid’s house during the special drive. “Our officials visited his house twice, but we were not allowed inside. We were informed that Dravid is touring abroad and there is no message from him to include his name in the list,” she said.

Vijay confirmed that he submitted Dravid’s Form 7 to the assistant electoral returning officer. “I do not know what happened later,” he said.

Dravid later contacted Magi and sought to know if his name can be continued in the voters’ list in Indiranagar. Magi said: “Dravid was in Spain, but was very eager to vote. But, his name got deleted from the Shantinagar assembly constituency. I have told him if he still wants his name to be included in Shantinagar list, he needs to submit Form 6, which can be done once the EC allows it after April 23.”

BBMP chief N Manjunatha Prasad, said anyone in the family can submit Form 7 for deletion of names saying the said person was not staying at the designated address.