After 9.8 lakh voter deletions in Odisha, BJD MP urges EC to address ‘serious concerns’

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) person and Rajya Sabha subordinate Sasmit Patra connected Tuesday (April 21, 2026) urged the Election Commission of India (EC) to guarantee that voters’ names are not deleted without a rigorous, documented and independently verifiable tract inquiry.

The improvement comes a time aft reports citing a missive from Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R.S. Gopalan to Electoral Registration Officers connected April 18, connected the removal of 9.8 lakh voters from the State electoral rotation since the commencement of the elector mapping process up of the peculiar intensive revision exercise.