Overview
- Congress has begun training local volunteers as ‘Rakshaks’ to review electoral rolls in a five‑seat pilot focused on constituencies it narrowly lost in 2024.
- Reports differ on the exact pilot map, with Jaipur Rural, Alwar and Morena common across accounts, and Kanker or Janjgir–Champa in Chhattisgarh plus Bansgaon/Basgaon in Uttar Pradesh variously listed.
- A core team has started groundwork and workshops in the selected seats, with trainers walking booth leaders through the process; ThePrint says three constituencies have been covered so far.
- Sessions instruct workers to flag duplicates, bulk entries and deceased or ineligible voters and to file changes using Form 6 for inclusion, Form 7 for objections or deletions, and Form 8 for corrections.
- Operational details also vary by report, with Indian Express citing one Rakshak per 10 booths with 10 BLAs, while ThePrint describes one per 20 booths, roughly 100 volunteers per Lok Sabha seat; Rahul Gandhi fronts the campaign and Priyanka Gandhi is said to be monitoring training.