Delhi voter list revision hearings were affected by long waiting times and technical problems at several centres on Saturday, leaving some residents waiting well beyond their allotted slots and others returning without completing the process, according to a report by Jagran – New Delhi.
At a government senior secondary school in Rajouri Garden, residents who had been given scheduled slots reportedly waited between one and two hours for their hearings. One resident, Nimmy Rani, said her notice assigned her a 1 pm slot but her turn came at around 3 pm. Others arrived with Aadhaar cards and files of supporting documents, while elderly residents came with family members and some employees took leave from work to attend the centres.
Residents told the newspaper that the waiting time continued to increase despite the use of appointment slots and tokens. One woman said her token number was 175 and that she waited for about 75 minutes after her scheduled time, but still could not complete the correction process before leaving. Several people reportedly left without being heard after waiting in queues or for their tokens to be called.
The report also cited a complaint from a resident named Renu, who said she asked a booth-level officer about the delay after leaving her young children at home. She alleged that an official behaved improperly and threatened police action. The account was reported as her allegation; no independent response to that specific complaint was included in the source report.
The delays were linked partly to problems with the BLO application, which officials said was taking longer to process each voter. Naveen Kumar, the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer for Rajouri Garden, also said that some people had reached centres according to their convenience rather than their allotted slots, contributing to crowding. He said every person would be heard and that residents facing difficulty at their scheduled time were being given another slot.
A separate issue was reported from the Matia Mahal assembly constituency, where booth-level officers were issuing notices to some voters whose names appeared in the draft electoral roll but whose documents contained discrepancies. The reported issues included differences in records, a gap of less than one year between the ages of siblings, and errors in providing details related to 2002. Camps were operating at Anglo-Arabic Primary School near Mohalla Qabristan for voters linked to polling stations 77, 78, 79, 80, 82 and 83.
Officials at the Matia Mahal camp were reportedly helping residents understand the documents and procedures required to address the discrepancies. The report did not provide a consolidated figure for the number of voters affected by the delays, technical problems or notices. The hearing process and reassigned appointment slots are expected to continue at the designated centres.
