Bareilly (UP): She might have left this town
some 17 years ago after winning the Miss World title, but
Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra is still a voter here and
eligible to exercise her franchise for the upcoming urban
local body polls.
The names of Priyanka Chopra and her mother Madhu Chopra
are present in the voters list and recently a complaint in
this regard was filed by a resident of Kuwarpur here.
When the names of the actor and her mother were included
in the voters list of Mumbai, where the family shifted, her
father late Col Ashok Chopra had informed the district
administration about it through a letter in 2012, but their
names were not deleted, officials said.
Additional district election officer Abhijit Mukherji
said that since the actor no longer lived in the city and her
house near the city railway station has been locked for long,
a report was sought from the block level officer.
Mukherji said that a survey is conducted before each
election to check for duplication of names of voters who have
shifted elsewhere.
"It was perhaps by mistake on the part of the block level
officer concerned, who prepared the fresh electoral rolls for
this election. We will take action against those responsible
for this error," he said.
District election officer R Vikram Singh said the names
of persons not living in the town for long should not be in
the voters list.
It is also a matter of investigation as to how her name
appeared in the list, he said.
