Overview
- India’s Election Commission extended Special Intensive Revision deadlines and clarified that voters missing from revised lists can still file objections and seek corrections in Rajasthan, Puducherry, Goa, Lakshadweep and West Bengal.
- Congress escalated allegations of targeted deletions and pre-filled Form-7s, staging protests and submitting memorandums across multiple Rajasthan districts, including cases flagged in Jodhpur’s Sardarpura and 1,397 objections reported in Alwar’s Ramgarh.
- A viral recording from Jaipur’s Hawa Mahal featured BLO Kirti Kumar saying he was under extreme pressure over BJP objections seeking the removal of about 470 voters—nearly 40% of one booth—which he alleged primarily targeted Muslim residents he had already verified.
- BJP representatives said they objected to names of non-residents and cited ground checks, while one booth agent acknowledged filing hundreds of objections despite EC rules that cap daily objections and mandate ERO oversight beyond 30 for a revision period.
- In West Bengal, BLOs held sit-ins and submitted mass resignations in Dinhata’s Sahebganj office after tens of thousands of “logical discrepancy” notices were issued, with minister Udayan Guha denouncing the process as punitive and residents mounting road and rail protests.