Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof C N R Rao, 92, has been summoned for a hearing to establish his identity after his name was flagged during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka.
Rao has been issued a notice citing a self-name mismatch. The 2002 electoral roll records him as “Prof C N R Rao”, while the current roll carries an additional “f”, listing him as “Proff C N R Rao”.
A self-name mismatch occurs when the details provided by an elector in the SIR enumeration form, based on the 2002 roll, do not match the corresponding entry in the current electoral roll.
