New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday flagged that the time to raise issues about errors in the electoral rolls, even those in the past, was during the "Claims and Objections" period.

According to the EC, the precise objective behind sharing the electoral roll with all political parties and candidates was so that any issue regarding the same can be raised on time. The constitutional body raised the issue of political parties and their Booth Level Agents not examining the electoral rolls at the appropriate time.

It said that the digital and physical copies are shared with recognised political parties after the publication of the final electoral roll on the EC's website.

"Recently, some Political Partie...