New Delhi,: The Congress has raised the alarm over irregularities in the ongoing revision of electoral rolls, saying the misuse of Form-7 applications to delete voters’ names and warning that the practice could be used to secure an “unfair electoral advantage” ahead of upcoming state elections.
According to Kashmir24, the party sought the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) immediate intervention to prevent what it described as large-scale disenfranchisement of eligible voters.
In a letter addressed to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the two other election commissioners, Congress general-secretary K.C. Venugopal said that Form-7 — meant for deletion of names in specific circumstances — was being weaponised during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in 12 states.