Congress, BRS, MIM parties enabling ‘illegal infiltrators’ in voter lists: BJP Telangana chief

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao connected Monday (June 15, 2026) alleged that the Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) parties are opposing the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process to support “illegal voters.”

Addressing a property league astatine the party’s State bureau successful Hyderabad, Mr. Rao claimed helium had accusation suggesting that betwixt 5,000 and 10,000 individuals “who had entered the state illegally from Pakistan were residing successful Hyderabad“ and demanded that these parties respond to the nationalist connected these allegations.

He further alleged that names of “illegal infiltrators” were being added to electoral rolls successful parts of the Old City, claiming they were securing Aadhaar and ration cards with governmental enactment with the backing of these parties. Mr. Rao besides raised broader concerns astir amerciable migration crossed India’s borders, referring to alleged entries of Bangladeshis, Rohingyas and different groups.

Complaints connected akin issues had been reported from States specified arsenic Bihar and West Bengal, and that comparable suspicions were present emerging successful Hyderabad. He accused the Congress of having a past of benefiting from “bogus votes”.

Defending the SIR exercise, Mr. Rao said Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had “no motivation right” to talk astir “vote theft” and asserted that the revision process was meant to support morganatic voters. “A cleanable and transparent electoral rotation is indispensable for strengthening democracy. No eligible Indian citizen’s ballot volition beryllium removed — lone ineligible names volition beryllium struck off,” helium said.

He stressed that SIR is not a caller inaugural and has been conducted aggregate times crossed the state to update elector lists by removing names of deceased individuals, those who person relocated, and by correcting errors. He besides claimed the process has judicial backing, including enactment from the Supreme Court, which has underscored the request for close electoral rolls.

Attributing electoral outcomes to the SIR process was “an insult to democracy,”, helium asserted arguing that voters — not SIR — determine predetermination results. If BJP benefited successful West Bengal due to the fact that of SIR, however did United Democratic Front (UDF) triumph successful Kerala, helium questioned. He besides urged governmental parties to appoint Booth Level Agents (BLAs) to actively scrutinise elector lists during the revision process, cautioning against blaming the Election Commission aboriginal for immoderate discrepancies.