No notice issued to top scientist over SIR discrepancy: EC
BENGALURU, Sept. 10 -- The name of Bharat Ratna awardee and renowned scientist Prof CNR Rao was found to have a discrepancy in Bengaluru's electoral records during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), but the booth level officer did not issue him a notice and instead recommended that his name be retained in the final roll, the Election Commission (EC) clarified on Wednesday after reports over an alleged SIR notice to Rao triggered a controversy.
Meanwhile, notices have been generated for several prominent voters, including Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani and Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, whose names were flagged as unmapped in the earlier electoral records, while actor Shivarajkumar was also among those issued a notice, officials sa...
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