Names of foreigners will be deleted from election rolls: Goa CM

Published: Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010, 22:50 IST | Updated: Wednesday,
Jul 28, 2010, 22:50 IST
Place: Panaji | Agency: PTI

Panaji: Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat today said that the names of
foreigners figuring in the electoral rolls would be deleted.

"I will ask the chief electoral officer (CEO) to delete all the names
of the foreigners in the voting roll," Kamat told the state
legislative assembly today.

The chief minister was replying to the cut motion moved by the
Opposition on the floor of the house.

Earlier, BJP legislator Fransisco D’Souza had raised the issue of
foreigners' names found on the electoral rolls.

The legislator has said that such an act was unlawful and a cause of
concern for the security of the state.

Kamat said that with the election commission tightening the procedure,
no person can enroll at two places on the rolls.

He said that the election related migration would cease once the new
mechanism gets in place.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_names-of-foreigners-will-be-deleted-from-election-rolls-goa-cm_1416030

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