# Telangana CM warns of 21% vote deletion in voter roll revision 2026-08-13T16:03:50+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has warned that about 21 per cent of voters could be deleted from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Addressing a video conference of Congress leaders, he said party workers failed to act responsibly and directed ministers to conduct district reviews. State CEO C Sudharshan Reddy confirmed that 73,39,234 enumeration forms, 21.7 per cent of total voters, were “uncollectable” after house-to-house visits ended on August 10. Draft rolls will be published on August 17. Speaking at the Minorities Excellence Summit, Revanth Reddy said Hindus and Muslims were his “two eyes” and accused the BJP of opposing the state’s 4 per cent minority reservation. He claimed beneficiaries had secured Group-1 and Group-2 government jobs. The CM also noted the appointment of a minority member to the Telangana Public Service Commission and listed other minority appointments including cricketers Mohammed Azharuddin and Mohammed Siraj. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - siasat.com Tags: BJP, electoral rolls, minority reservation, Revanth Reddy, Telangana, voter manipulation Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/revanth-reddy-warns-of-voter-list-manipulation-in-telangana/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/revanth-reddy-warns-of-voter-list-manipulation-in-telangana/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.