Archive · 30 Sep 2026
AAP Skips INDIA Bloc Meet, Challenges Electoral Roll Exercise
The Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, said it would not join a meeting of opposition parties.
Its leader Sanjay Singh said AAP is no longer part of the INDIA bloc.
The meeting was about concerns over how voter lists are being checked and changed.
Singh said many people may have lost their names on the voter lists.
He claimed that 27 lakh voters in West Bengal were affected.
He also alleged that 13.37 crore names were removed across India.
Singh criticized changes to a form used to add people to voter lists.
Other opposition parties met in New Delhi to plan a joint protest.
AAP is staying outside the alliance but supports some of the same concerns.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh said his party would not attend the INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi.
Singh said the Aam Aadmi Party was no longer part of the INDIA bloc after announcing its exit on July 18, 2025.
INDIA bloc leaders met to plan joint action over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Singh claimed that 27 lakh voters in West Bengal had been deprived of voting rights and questioned delays in tribunal hearings.
He also alleged that 13.37 crore names had been removed from electoral rolls nationwide and criticized changes to Form 6.
- Who
- AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Aam Aadmi Party, and INDIA bloc leaders.
- What
- AAP declined to attend an INDIA bloc meeting while Singh criticized electoral-roll revisions and the Election Commission.
- When
- September 30, 2026; AAP announced its exit from the INDIA bloc on July 18, 2025.
- Where
- New Delhi, with Singh also discussing alleged voter-roll issues in West Bengal and across India.
- Why
- AAP said it was no longer part of the INDIA bloc, while the meeting addressed alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision.
AAP and Opposition Concerns
Election Process Position
Electoral-roll revisions
AAP and Opposition Concerns
Sanjay Singh alleged that voter names were being deleted improperly, that many voters had lost voting rights, and that changes to Form 6 were illegal and unconstitutional.
Election Process Position
The article reports that the Election Commission is the subject of the complaints but does not provide a response from the commission to Singh's allegations.
Political alignment
AAP and Opposition Concerns
AAP said it is outside the INDIA bloc and therefore would not attend its meeting, while still supporting some of the opposition's concerns about the electoral process.
Election Process Position
INDIA bloc leaders proceeded with their own meeting to finalize a joint action plan over alleged electoral-roll irregularities.
- AAP position
- The party said it would not attend because it is no longer part of the INDIA bloc.
- AAP exit date
- July 18, 2025
- Meeting location
- New Delhi
- Issue discussed
- Alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- West Bengal claim
- Singh claimed 27 lakh voters had been deprived of voting rights.
- Nationwide deletion claim
- Singh alleged that 13.37 crore names had been removed from electoral rolls across the country.
- Form 6
- Singh questioned changes to the form used to include names in electoral rolls.