Bengaluru, Aug. 14 -- Actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj on Friday raised questions over the voter-list revision process by the Election Commission, claiming that his voter status was changed to "permanently shifted" and that he was subsequently asked to submit Form 6 to restore his name.

Raj said Election Commission officials contacted him after he raised the issue and informed him that the status would be corrected. He said the status was later changed from "permanently shifted" to "shifted", while officials told him that his name had not been deleted and that he could submit Form 6.

However, he questioned the need to submit Form 6, saying that doing so would amount to accepting that his name had been deleted.

"I said, 'Why do I need Form 6...