Overview
- Uttar Pradesh’s draft roll retains 12.55 crore voters and removes about 2.89 crore entries after SIR verification, including 46.23 lakh marked deceased, 2.17 crore shifted or missing, and 25.47 lakh duplicate registrations.
- UP voters can file claims and objections from January 6 to February 6, with the final electoral roll scheduled for publication on March 6, 2026, following missed earlier deadlines.
- The Trinamool Congress has approached the Supreme Court, and Mamata Banerjee alleges wrongful deletions, inhumane treatment at hearings, and the use of AI and mobile apps she links to the BJP’s IT cell; these remain allegations.
- In West Bengal, the ECI has directed notices for hearings to about one crore electors flagged for “logical discrepancies,” after an earlier draft showed over 58 lakh deletions and 1.66 crore voters under scrutiny.
- BJP leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, reject the accusations and back the SIR as a necessary purge of bogus entries, while the ECI defends the legality and procedure of the nationwide revision.