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Congress Plans Hyderabad Protest Over Undisclosed SIR Notice List
The Congress wants officials to publish a list of voters whose records may have problems.
This list is connected to a review of Telangana’s voter records called the SIR.
Congress leaders say nearly 93 lakh voters have been flagged.
They say political parties need the list to help voters fix possible mistakes.
The party plans to protest at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad.
Its district president asked why the Chief Electoral Officer has not released the information.
He said some other states and regions have published similar lists.
He also warned that he may start a hunger strike if the information is still not released.
The Congress will hold a protest at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad demanding public disclosure of voter lists linked to the ongoing SIR.
Congress district president Syed Khalid Saifullah said nearly 93 lakh Telangana voters had been flagged but the lists were not shared with political parties.
The Congress said booth-level agents cannot assist affected voters without access to the flagged names and reasons.
Saifullah cited public disclosures in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and parts of Uttar Pradesh as examples of greater transparency.
He warned that he would begin a hunger strike if the lists remained undisclosed after the protest.
- Who
- The Congress, represented by Hyderabad district president Syed Khalid Saifullah, is demanding disclosure from Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudharsan Reddy.
- What
- The Congress plans a dharna seeking public release of voter names with anomalies and names not mapped during the special intensive revision of the electoral roll.
- Where
- Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- When
- The protest was announced on Monday; the article does not provide a specific protest date.
- Why
- The Congress says nearly 93 lakh flagged voters and political parties need access to the lists to identify and address possible electoral-roll discrepancies.
Key facts
- Protest venue
- Dharna Chowk, Hyderabad
- Issue
- Public disclosure of SIR notice and discrepancy lists
- Voters reportedly flagged
- Nearly 93 lakh Telangana voters
- Demanding group
- Congress
- Official named
- Chief Electoral Officer C. Sudharsan Reddy
- Possible escalation
- A hunger strike if the lists remain undisclosed
- Judicial reference
- The Supreme Court’s January 19, 2026, order concerning the SIR in West Bengal
Quotes
Syed Khalid Saifullah
Hyderabad district Congress president
“Karnataka is publishing lists of persons issued notices, along with the reasons. Puducherry has also placed logical discrepancy lists in the public domain. Many districts in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have also published such lists publicly. If this information can be disclosed elsewhere, why should nearly 93 lakh Telangana voters be denied the same transparency?”
deccanchronicle.com
“Nearly 93 lakh Telangana voters have been flagged, yet political parties have not been given access to these lists. How can political party booth level agents (BLAs) help if they do not even know who has been flagged?”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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