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Revanth Reddy to Raise Telangana SIR Concerns at CWC
Telangana is checking its voter list through a process called a special intensive revision, or SIR.
Many voters received notices asking them to confirm their details.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy plans to discuss the process at a Congress meeting in Delhi on September 29.
His report says millions of voters have not yet attended hearings.
Some people may have difficulty finding the documents needed to prove they should remain on the list.
The report also says more women than men may have been removed.
About 3,400 voters have been declared ineligible after their documents were checked.
Congress is expected to plan protests about what it calls problems with the verification process.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is expected to raise concerns about Telangana’s special intensive revision at the Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi on September 29.
The report says notices were generated for 92,87,577 voters, with 85.46 lakh served by September 25.
About 38 lakh voters attended hearings, while nearly 47 lakh served voters had not appeared; 7.41 lakh notices remained unserved.
Of Telangana’s 3,38,26,448 voters, 73,39,235 were placed in the absentee, shifted, dead and duplicate category.
The report says documentation demands could affect genuine voters, and around 3,400 people have so far been declared ineligible after scrutiny.
- Who
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, the Congress Working Committee and voters in Telangana.
- What
- Revanth Reddy is expected to present a report on Telangana’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls and propose protests against the process.
- Where
- The meeting will take place in Delhi, while the electoral-roll revision concerns Telangana.
- When
- The Congress Working Committee meeting is scheduled for September 29; the cited voter data is current to September 25.
- Why
- The report is expected to argue that the verification process and documentation requirements could disadvantage genuine voters, especially people with limited access to official records.
Key facts
- Meeting
- Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi on September 29
- Notices generated
- 92,87,577 voters had notices generated under the SIR exercise
- Notices served
- 85.46 lakh voters had been served notices by September 25
- Hearing participation
- Around 38 lakh voters attended hearings; nearly 47 lakh had not appeared
- Telangana electorate
- 3,38,26,448 voters
- ASDD category
- 73,39,235 voters were classified as absentee, shifted, dead or duplicate
- Ineligibility findings
- Around 3,400 voters were declared ineligible after document scrutiny
Sources
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