India, Jan. 15 -- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday told the Goa Legislative Assembly that he would request the Election Commission (EC) to extend the deadline for filing appeals against voter name deletions during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.

There have been allegations that genuine voters are finding their names marked as dead, permanently shifted, duplicate, or not traceable, while those registered in multiple states are not being tackled.

"The government's intention is clear that a person should be at one place. I want to assure that no original Goan will see his name deleted. I will request the Election Commission to extend the time period to appeal notices and voter name deletions,...