Overview
- Congress leaders held a demonstration in Dispur accusing the BJP and the Election Commission of manipulating the draft rolls ahead of the Assembly elections.
- The party alleged unfamiliar names appeared under existing families’ EPIC numbers, claimed fictitious entries at specific addresses, and reported removals of eligible voters.
- Election officials said challenges must be filed via Form 7 against named individuals, with every objection and objector listed on the CEO Assam website.
- During the survey, officials flagged 4,78,992 deceased electors for deletion, 5,23,680 migrated electors, and 53,619 duplicates, with the draft roll at 2,52,01,624 voters, a 1.35% rise from January 2025.
- Raijor Dol’s Akhil Gogoi alleged BJP state chief Dilip Saikia asked workers to list non-BJP voters for deletion, a claim Saikia denied, and no independent finding of systemic fraud has been reported.