Mumbai, Jan 15 (PTI) Maharashtra Forest Minister and senior BJP leader Ganesh Naik was unable to exercise his franchise in the Navi Mumbai civic polls on Thursday as his name was missing from the voters’
list.
Naik said he had been voting for many years at Navi Mumbai School No. 94 along with his family, but this time he was told that voting would take place at the St Mary High School.
"When I went there, there was no room number 9 as informed, and my name was not in the voters' list, so I could not cast my vote," Naik told reporters with a wry smile outside School No. 94.
"I will go to the St Mary school again. My family members and relatives live in the same building in Navi Mumbai but our names were divided in three different polling centres," he claimed.
Asked who should be held responsible for the lapse, Naik claimed the State Election Commission was at fault.
"It is anyone's guess that if a minister like me can face a situation where his name is missing from the voters' list, then one can imagine what might be happening to common voters," he stated.
Voting was underway on Thursday for elections to 29 municipal corporations in the state, including Navi Mumbai. PTI ND GK
