Video | #BMCElections: Residents of Shivaji Park building claim their names missing from voters' list

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Feb 21, 2017, 01:10 PM IST

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"Our kids were first-time voters who couldn't find their names in the list and felt discouraged," a resident said.

All the residents of Popular Niketan in Shivaji Park, Dadar are not on the voter's list for the BMC polls.

A resident, Kumar Gokhale, speaking to DNA's Geeta Desai said that he checked all the schools in the area but couldn't find the name on the voter's list. "Not just me, all the residents of my building, did not find their names in the list. There are 25-30 people who didn't find their names in the list. Our kids were first-time voters but couldn't find their names in the list and felt discouraged," he said. "I spoke to Zonal officer regarding the issue, but it didn't bear any fruit," he said

.Polling for the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and 9 other civic bodies across Maharashtra got underway this morning with estranged allies BJP and Shiv Sena at the forefront of this battle of might.