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Congress Protests Assam Draft Voter Roll, Alleges ‘Temporary’ Inclusions

The objections window runs until January 22 under a Special Revision using house-to-house checks without document verification.

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.