Senate polls: Enrolment of voters to begin anew

TNN / Updated: Oct 26, 2023, 10:49 IST

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Senate polls: Enrolment of voters to begin anew

Mumbai University (MU)

MUMBAI: The management council of the University of Mumbai has decided to re-start the registration process of voters to draw up the electoral rolls for the upcoming senate election. The decision was based on a report submitted by a three-member committee constituted by the university. The report was tabled in the council meeting on Wednesday.
The committee under the chairmanship of Prof R S Mali with Praveen Sayyad and Prakash Kumbhar as members recommended calling for fresh enrolment of graduates as voters, following which the council decided to invite fresh applications from eligible voters from October 30 to November 30.The report had mentioned that although the names of 756 voters appear two or more times in the final list of voters, “it is confirmed that they are different voters from the information mentioned in their application form, name, subject of degree, faculty, etc”.
BJP city chief Ashish Shelar had claimed that thousands of voter registration forms were filled from a handful of IP addresses and demanded an inquiry. Pursuant to the directions from the government, the graduate constituency elections were then kept on hold.

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