Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Telangana CM warns Congress of 21% vote loss in SIR
People in Telangana, a state in India, are allowed to vote using a big list called the electoral roll.
Right now, officials are doing a special check of that list, called the Special Intensive Revision.
The Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, is worried about this check.
He says the state might lose 21 out of every 100 voters from the list.
That could stop many people who are allowed to vote from voting in future elections.
He believes ministers and local party leaders did not do their jobs well enough to protect the list.
He asked them to hold review meetings and check every area over the next two days.
He also told Assembly constituency leaders to stay in their areas for four days and fix problems.
He said two other parties, the BJP and BRS, are secretly trying to remove voters from the list.
He wants his party members to tell the public about this so every genuine voter stays on the list.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy warned that the state could lose 21 per cent of votes during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
He held in-charge ministers, MLAs and booth-level leaders responsible for failing to protect genuine voters from deletion.
He directed ministers to hold district-level review meetings over the next two days and prepare a report on voters at risk in every assembly constituency.
Assembly constituency in-charges were told to stay in their constituencies for four days to identify and resolve issues.
Reddy alleged a conspiracy by the BJP and BRS to delete votes and asked leaders to expose it publicly, citing clear directives from the AICC.
- Who
- Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and senior leaders of the Congress party
- What
- A warning that Telangana risks losing 21 per cent of votes in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with directives to protect eligible voters and an alleged BJP-BRS conspiracy to delete votes
- When
- Thursday evening; district-level review meetings were ordered over the next two days, and the SIR ended on August 10
- Where
- Telangana, India; the virtual meeting was addressed from Hyderabad
- Why
- To ensure genuine voters are not deleted from the electoral rolls and to counter what Reddy called a conspiracy by the BJP and BRS
- Chief Minister
- A. Revanth Reddy (Congress)
- Event
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
- Reported Risk
- Loss of 21% of votes in Telangana
- SIR End Date
- August 10
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Allegation
- Conspiracy by BJP and BRS to delete votes
- Directive
- District-level reviews over next two days; in-charges to stay in constituencies for four days
- Concern
- Deletion of lakhs of names from the electoral rolls
