Congress alleges 11 lakh duplicate voters in BMC electoral roll

The Mumbai Congress alleged that determination were 11 lakh duplicate voters successful the draught voters database released for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections connected Friday (November 28, 2025).

A Congress enactment delegation led by Mumbai Congress President Varsha Gaikwad met the State Election Commissioner (SEC) and sought contiguous clarification connected the anomalies.

Ms. Gaikwad said that adjacent District Collectors and civic Deputy Commissioners were incapable to explicate the beingness of duplicate names oregon the process to code them.

“Officials accidental affidavits whitethorn beryllium required from duplicate voters. This volition lone make much disorder and could trim elector turnout. Citizens are being subjected to unnecessary harassment. The draught database has been released without due coordination betwixt the SEC and the BMC administration,” she said.

“There has been nary ward restructuring for 9 years. Since October 2024, nary elector database has been published. Now, betwixt 7,000 and 9,000 names person been shifted from 1 ward to different successful areas specified arsenic Dharavi, Andheri and Kandivali. Neither the SEC nor the civic assemblage has clarified their roles,” Ms. Gaikwad added.

“The SEC indispensable people the database of duplicate voters and specify wherever each duplicate introduction has been recorded,” Ms. Gaikwad said. The committee has issued definite directions to the BMC, which indispensable beryllium implemented without delay, the Congress elder person added.

The delegation is slated to conscionable again today (November 29) astatine 1:00 p.m., astatine Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Mumbai Congress Office, Azad Maidan successful Mumbai.