Port Blair, Feb 17: The ANTCC Campaign Committee Chairman, Mr. G Bhasker on Thursday wrote a letter to the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Election and requested him to add the new eligible names of peoples in the electoral roll.

Bhasker expressed that many months have lapsed after the electoral roll was finalized. He said that several youths have now reached the eligible age of 18 years and if they are not allowed to vote in this election then their voting rights in the local body elections will come only after 5 years and by the time they would have become 23 years old.

Meanwhile many peoples have migrated to different wards and such cases also need to be considered. The deletion/addition of names has to be done on priority basis before the election polling date, said Bhasker.

"I am sure that this process will help in increasing the percentage of voters in A&N Islands", he added.