Earlier, Chavan had indirectly blamed the people for not checking voters' list well in advance to ensure if their names were there.
"... People check on their flight and train ticket status, they could have easily checked the voters' lists," Chavan commented, obviously referring to some prominent people like HDFC's Deepak Parekh, adman Bharat Dabholkar, actors Amol Palekar and Atul Kulkarni and lakhs of others whose names were missing from the electoral rolls.
Brahma assured the missing names would be included before the Maharashtra assembly elections later this year.
Tiwari said if Brahma had considered the issue highlighted April 19 - well before the polls - then at least two million voters would have got the opportunity to vote.
State Bharatiya Janata Party chief Devendra Fadnavis, reacting to the EC apology, told a private news channel there were "gross irregularities" in the working of the election officials which led to the fracas.
"There have been reports that the private BPOs entrusted with the work of electoral rolls revision, are charging money for selective deletions which can benefit a particular political party," Fadnavis said, adding he has complained several times to the EC authorities.
