India, Jan. 2 -- Voters from the city's Ward No 66 in Andheri have raised objections to what they describe as an arbitrary move by election officials to alter polling stations ahead of the BMC elections. The newly proposed polling stations are to be aligned with those used for the Andheri West assembly constituency, a fact orally communicated by officials and confirmed by a senior civic official in charge of the civic elections.

Protesting citizens have termed the BMC's decision "arbitrary and irrational", arguing that under the assembly constituency arrangement, voters from Ward 66 will be required to travel distances of 2.5 to 3 kilometres or more to cast their votes. They have warned that such distances will severely inconvenience sen...