When media added to voters’ woes

NEW DELHI - Several private TV channels said ration cards would be accepted as identity cards for voters at polling booths. But that wasn’t the case and the top poll official in Tamil Nadu took the media to task for it.

State chief electoral officer Naresh Gupta expressed anger at such ‘misinformation’ that had added to voters’ woes.

‘It is highly irregular and improper on the part of TV channels to misinform the public. Only documents with clear photographic evidence of voters can be accepted as proof,’ Gupta said.