BJP trying to get pro-Congress voters’ names deleted, alleges AICC secretary Anjali Nimbalkar
AICC secretary Anjali Nimbalkar has accused the BJP of systematically deleting pro-Congress voters from electoral rolls in Karnataka. She claims this is part of a broader national pattern targeting minority and marginalized communities during the Special Intensive Revision process.
Why it matters
Allegations of electoral roll manipulation strike at the core of democratic integrity and can significantly impact election outcomes in closely contested regions.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary and SIR in charge for Kittur Karnataka region Anjali Nimbalkar has alleged that BJP was trying to get the names of pro-Congress voters deleted from the electoral rolls through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, Ms. Nimbalkar said that the pro-Congress voters were being targeted in the SIR process, and they strongly suspected that the names of minorities, SC/ST and OBC voters were being removed in the Hubballi-Dharwad East and Central Assembly segments.
“We have taken the issue seriously,” she said.
Across India, the pro-Congress voters were being targeted and they had seen it happen in West Bengal where 91 lakh voters were deleted from the electoral rolls. Similarly in Uttar Pradesh, 2.04 crore voters were deleted followed by 74 lakhs in Tamil Nadu, 68 lakhs in Gujarat, 47 lakhs in Bihar and 31 lakh voters in Rajasthan, she said.
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