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Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretariat subordinate M.V. Jayarajan connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) raised concerns implicit an unusually precocious fig of applications for inclusion, correction and transportation of names successful the electoral rotation nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with notation to 2002 voters’ list.
Citing that the CPI(M) has submitted a ailment to theChief Electoral Officer (Kerala), helium said that according to information disposable connected the Election Commission of India’s (EC) website, definite districts and Assembly constituencies successful Kerala person received an abnormally ample fig of applications nether Form 6, Form 6A and Form 8. He saidwhile astir districts person recorded astir 1.5 lakh applications, districts specified arsenic Kannur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram person recorded much than 2 lakh applications, with immoderate nearing six lakh. He said specified a inclination is highly antithetic and warrants transparency, on with wide connection to recognised governmental parties.
Mr. Jayarajan said the Kannur, Azhikode and Taliparamba assembly constituencies person reported exceptionally precocious fig of applicants. He alleged that galore of these applications are being processed without implicit verification by booth level officers (BLOs).
He alleged that attempts are being made to see non-residents of Kerala, including residents of different States specified arsenic Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Bihar, arsenic good arsenic migrant workers who bash not person imperishable residence successful Kerala, successful the electoral roll.
He besides pointed retired that successful definite assembly constituencies, much than 10,000 voters person reportedly been shifted from 1 constituency to another, describing this an abnormal improvement that requires superior introspection by the Commission.
He urged the EC to instantly instrumentality the pursuing measures, including publishing connected its website the database of applications for inclusion successful the electoral rotation and sharing copies with governmental parties; urgent work of details of 26,01,201 individuals presently mentioned connected the commission’s website arsenic recently included voters, arsenic the mode of their inclusion is stated to beryllium questionable; ensuring that nary exertion for inclusion is decided without due verification by BLOs and issuing anterior intimation to booth level agents during the verification process.
