Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Telangana Files First FIR Over Alleged Form 7 Voter Deletions
Police in Hyderabad have filed a case against BJP booth-level agent S. Balachander.
The case concerns 30 forms asking officials to remove voters from the electoral list in Musheerabad.
Officials say the forms were pre-printed and brought to a polling station on September 28, 2026.
The polling officials reportedly refused to accept them.
A check on October 1 found the people named on the forms living at their listed addresses.
Two reports say all 30 were Muslim voters, while another describes the applications as concerning a Muslim family.
The BJP denies trying to remove voters through a party-led effort.
Congress wants police to investigate who printed and supplied the forms, and Asaduddin Owaisi raised a similar allegation about Goshamahal.
Police filed an FIR against BJP booth-level agent S. Balachander over 30 Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions in Musheerabad.
The applications were reportedly brought to polling station 210 on September 28, 2026, and refused by election officials.
Officials said an October 1 field check found the named voters living at their recorded Musheerabad addresses; reports differ on whether the applications concerned 30 Muslim voters or a Muslim family.
The FIR was filed on a complaint by Electoral Registration Officer T. Praveen Kumar Reddy, and Balachander was booked under BNS Sections 217 and 318(2) and Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
The BJP denied a party-led voter deletion effort; Congress sought a wider investigation, while Asaduddin Owaisi alleged similar applications targeted Muslim voters in Goshamahal.
- Who
- BJP booth-level agent S. Balachander is accused; the applications named voters in Musheerabad, including Congress booth-level agent Shafiuddin.
- What
- Police registered an FIR over 30 allegedly false Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions.
- When
- The forms were reportedly brought on September 28, 2026; officials verified the voters on October 1, and one report says the FIR was registered on October 6.
- Where
- Polling station 210 in Musheerabad, Hyderabad; the case was registered at Chikkadpally police station.
- Why
- The complaint alleges the forms were submitted with the intention of deleting voters not connected to Balachander.
Allegations and calls for investigation
Denials and responses
Purpose of the applications
Allegations and calls for investigation
The complaint alleges the pre-printed forms sought to delete voters not connected to Balachander; Congress rivals said the forms suggested central generation.
Denials and responses
The BJP denied a party-led effort to delete voters and called for evidence to be presented through the legal process.
Who else should be investigated
Allegations and calls for investigation
Congress leader P. Rajesh Kumar said police should investigate who printed, collected, and supplied the forms, arguing Balachander could be a scapegoat.
Denials and responses
The reports do not provide a specific BJP response to the demand to investigate others involved.
Allegations in other constituencies
Allegations and calls for investigation
Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that similar Form 7 applications targeted Muslim voters in Goshamahal; similar pre-printed forms were also reported in Bahadurpura.
Denials and responses
The BJP denied a party-led voter deletion effort but the reports do not describe a specific response to these constituency-level allegations.
- Accused
- S. Balachander, a BJP booth-level agent
- Applications
- 30 pre-printed Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions
- Polling station
- Station 210, Musheerabad
- Complainant
- T. Praveen Kumar Reddy, Musheerabad Electoral Registration Officer
- Field verification
- Election officials said on October 1 that the named voters lived at their recorded addresses in Musheerabad
- Charges
- BNS Sections 217 and 318(2), and Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950
- Other reported constituencies
- Similar pre-printed applications were reported in Bahadurpura and Goshamahal
- Final electoral roll
- Scheduled for publication on November 9
