India, Dec. 16 -- Maharashtra state election commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on Monday assured that duplicate entries in the electoral rolls for the upcoming civic elections have been identified, and that complaints related to such anomalies can be raised up to 48 hours before polling.

Reacting to criticism from opposition parties over alleged anomalies in the electoral rolls, such as duplicate entries and the shifting of voters from one ward to another, Waghmare said the State Election Commission (SEC) does not have the power to add or delete voters from the electoral rolls obtained from the Election Commission of India.

"We, however, can make corrections regarding the inadvertent shifting of voters or missing names from the rolls used fo...