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Congress person and erstwhile Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh connected Saturday (November 8, 2025) claimed that the UPA authorities had sent backmost 88,000 “infiltrators” during its 10-year tenure astatine the Centre portion the Union authorities led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had lone recovered 2,400 radical successful 11 years, arsenic helium criticised the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Addressing a property league successful Bhopal, Mr. Singh said, “The BJP talks astir infiltrators during the Bihar [Assembly] election. But what is the reality? During the UPA authorities betwixt 2004 and 2014, astir 88,000 specified radical who were not Indian citizens were moved retired of the country. But successful the 11 years, the BJP has lone been capable to find 2,400 infiltrators.”
“This means that they person lone recovered little than 3% of what we had recovered during the UPA regime,” Mr. Singh, a Rajya Sabha member, said, adding that Madhya Pradesh is among 12 States and Union Territories wherever the Election Commission (EC) started the 2nd signifier of the SIR from November 4.
Mr. Singh said that casting their ballot is each citizen’s close and it was for the canvass assemblage to guarantee that their sanction is successful the elector list.
“This work is connected the Election Commission and not connected the citizens. But present with the caller rules of the SIR that are antithetic from the rules of 2003, the citizens are being asked to beryllium their citizenship. Earlier, the booth level officers (BLOs) utilized to capable retired the forms but present the radical are being asked to bash so,” Mr. Singh said.
“In 2003, documents similar commencement certificates, ration cards, and schoolhouse certificates were sufficient, but present citizenship certificates are being demanded, which 99% of Indians bash not have,” helium added.
On RSS-linked officials
Earlier connected Friday (November 7, 2025), a delegation of 7 Opposition parties, including the Left parties and Samajwadi Party, met Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjeev Kumar Jha to request that authorities officials and employees linked with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) not beryllium progressive with the SIR process.
The delegation submitted a seven-point memorandum of demands to the CEO. The memorandum chiefly calls for the removal of authorities employees and officials who be RSS shakhas oregon are associated with the RSS, from the SIR process arsenic their ideology and views are hostile towards number communities and little castes. “This has led to fears among these communities that they could beryllium deprived of their close to vote,” a associated connection read.
