Telangana SIR: Over 60% SIR notices issued in Hyderabad periphery, below 35% in Hyderabad district
A report by the SABAR Institute indicates that over 60% of electoral anomaly notices in Telangana were issued in Hyderabad's peripheral areas. The data shows a disproportionate number of notices citing 'six or more children' associated with Muslim names.
Why it matters
The findings raise concerns regarding potential systemic bias or administrative irregularities in the electoral revision process.
Assembly constituencies in the peripheral areas of Hyderabad such as Qutbullapur, Kukatpally, Uppal, Medchal and Serilingampally witnessed a high proportion of electors receiving anomaly notices, with the rate reaching as high as 66.6% in Quthbullapur against a Telangana median of 28.7%. The highest share of Muslim names among notices was recorded for the reason of having six or more children, at 50.5%.
According to a SABAR Institute and Constitutional Guardians Forum report that analysed Special Intensive Revision data — including 92,85,255 anomaly notices sent from 36,169 polling stations across 119 constituencies, leading to the larger conclusion that one in three electors had received notices — the anomaly notice rate was 66.6% in Quthbullapur, 65.4% in Kukatpally, 57% in Uppal, 56% in Medchal and 55.8% in Serilingampally.
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