Archive · 13 Dec 2025
Voter Challenges in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
The Election Commission extended the deadline for completing voter forms in Uttar Pradesh to December 26.
The BJP is having trouble getting sadhus and sanyasis to fill out these forms because they don't have a mother's name to provide.
Some sadhus have written names like Janaki or Sita as their mother's name to avoid their forms being rejected.
In Madhya Pradesh, voters classified as 'permanently shifted' are approaching Booth Level Officers to get their classification reversed.
They want to continue voting at their original polling booths even if they no longer live there.
The deadline for form submission in Madhya Pradesh has been extended to December 18.
The Election Commission extended the SIR form submission deadline in Uttar Pradesh to December 26.
BJP struggles to get sadhus and sanyasis to fill out forms due to lack of mother's name.
Sadhus are writing names like Janaki or Sita as their mother's name to avoid form rejection.
BJP is concerned about potential deletion of sadhus' names from electoral rolls.
In Madhya Pradesh, voters classified as 'shifted' are approaching BLOs to re-include them in the voters' list.
- Who
- BJP, Sadhus and Sanyasis, Election Commission, Booth Level Officers, Voters in Madhya Pradesh
- What
- Challenges in completing SIR forms for sadhus and sanyasis, voters classified as 'shifted' approaching BLOs
- When
- Deadline extended to December 26 in Uttar Pradesh, December 18 in Madhya Pradesh
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mathura-Vrindavan), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal)
- Why
- To ensure sadhus and sanyasis are included in the electoral rolls, to re-include voters classified as 'shifted'
- Extension Deadline
- December 26 for form submission in Uttar Pradesh, December 18 in Madhya Pradesh
- Sadhus in Ayodhya
- 16,000
- BJP's Ayodhya Lead
- 4,667 votes in 2024 Lok Sabha polls
- Enumeration Forms in Sudama Kuti Ashram
- 167 delivered, 43 returned
- Sadhus' Mother's Name
- Janaki, Sita, or Kaushalya
- Uncollectable Voters in Madhya Pradesh
- 4.34 lakh (21% of total voters)
- Permanently Shifted Voters
- 2,84,828 (13.40% of total voters)
Sources
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