Somnath SIR: 269 File Bulk Forms to Delete 15,000 Voters, Majority Muslim

Somnath SIR: 269 file bulk forms to delete 15,000 voters, majority Muslim

As many as 15,663 forms were filed in bulk to delete voters from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Gujarat’s Somnath assembly constituency in January, a majority of whom were Muslims, Newslaundry reported on February 11. Election Commission of India’s data shows that 2.6 lakh people are part of the electorate in the assembly constituency, which saw a close battle in the 2022 polls where Bharatiya Janata Party’s (…

Inside the ‘organised’ attempt to delete 15,000 voters in Gujarat’s Somnath

In the 2022 assembly elections, Congress defeated the BJP by 922 votes in the Somnath constituency. Amid allegations of ‘fraud objectors’ in the recent voter verification exercise, officials told Newslaundry that they are ramping up staff to ‘verify’ bulk objections and ‘prevent arbitrary deletions’.

Somnath SIR: 269 file 15,000 voter deletion forms, mostly Muslims

All 269 objectors reportedly submitted more than 50 applications each, despite Election Commission guidelines restricting bulk submissions and limiting booth-level agents to filing no more than 10 Form 7s per day.