EC apologises for absence of names from voters' list in Mumbai

Terming as "massive operational mistake" the absence of a large number of names from the voters' list in Mumbai, Election Commissioner H S Brahma today apologised to them and said the mistake would be rectified.

"I must apologise and regret that the names of such a large number of our voters has not been found in the list. It's a very, very massive operational mistake which should not have happened," he told reporters.

He also said he could not understand how so many names could go missing in such a compact area.

A large number of voters, including noted personalities, had to return disappointed from polling booths as poll officials told them that their names were listed in the voters' roll.