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Telangana draft electoral roll to shrink by 73.5 lakh
Telangana's draft electoral roll is set to drop by over 73.5 lakh names after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to the chief electoral officer. The state's electorate…
The Story in Brief
Telangana's draft electoral roll is set to drop by over 73.5 lakh names after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to the chief electoral officer. The state's electorate would shrink from 3.38 crore to about 2.65 crore. The largest category of 'uncollectable' forms is 45.2 lakh voters who permanently shifted, followed by 11.3 lakh untraceable and 9.2 lakh deceased.
Separately, nearly six lakh applications have been filed for Family Register Certificates, a document introduced by the Congress government in July. The BJP has alleged the move is meant to protect the Congress vote base during the SIR. The government says the certificate is a legitimate family record. Of the 5.97 lakh applications, 3.15 lakh have been approved and 2.8 lakh are under process. The draft electoral roll will be published on August 17.
The Indian Opinion
The BJP and Congress are trading charges over the family register certificate, but both sides are ducking the real question: why does one in five voters in Telangana show up as 'uncollectable'? A 73.5-lakh drop is extraordinary, even for a revision. The claims process starting August 17 will show whether the system is cleaning up genuine duplication or disenfranchising the poor. The final roll on October 19 will be the real test.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2)
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
