Rahul Dravid, who is the Karnataka state’s Election Commission’s ambassador, will not cast vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections after his name was deleted from the voters’ list when he moved homes, according to The Times of India. Dravid has moved from Indiranagar to Ashwathnagar in Bengaluru but didn’t inform the sub-division office of Mathikere, leading to removal of his name.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer KN Ramesh told The News Minute, “He [Dravid] had to submit Form 6 before March 16, otherwise nothing can be done.” March 16 is when the final electoral list in Bengaluru came out. “We came to know about this only after we finalised the electoral rolls. Our officials must have visited his home and if he had then informed us that he had got his name deleted from the Indiranagar list, we could have done something.”
Mathikere sub-division assistant electoral returning officer Roopa told The Times of India that concerned officials had paid a visit to Dravid’s house.
“Our officials visited his house twice, but we were not allowed inside. We were informed Dravid is touring abroad and there is no message from him to include his name in voters’ list,” said Roopa.