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Political parties successful Uttar Pradesh are gearing up to enroll voters aft 2.89 crore names were deleted from the draught rolls aft the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) directed enactment leaders to behaviour a thorough probe astatine the booth-level, adding “we indispensable each unite again to prevention each azygous vote”. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) besides held meetings to place eligible voters who were not connected the list.
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The Election Commission had earlier announced that claims and objections connected additions and deletions would beryllium received from January 6 to February 6, with the work of the last elector database scheduled connected March 6.
“There indispensable beryllium a thorough probe astatine each booth, and, with our slogan ‘Not a azygous ballot should beryllium cut’, we indispensable each unite again to prevention each azygous vote. Remind each elector of the value of having their names connected the elector list,” Mr. Yadav wrote connected X, calling upon SP workers to enactment arsenic sentinels for the “PDA” (Pichda, Dalit, Alpashankhak), a word helium uses to notation to the oppressed sections, Dalits and minorities.
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Mr. Yadav alleged that the BJP authorities mightiness bring a instrumentality to accidental that those not connected the elector lists would not beryllium eligible for ration cards, authorities schemes, caste certificates, oregon reservation. He said, “Understand that having your sanction connected the elector database is simply a motion of your citizenship.”
Nasser Salim, the SP spokesperson, said, “Citizens whose names whitethorn person been omitted from the draught rolls are being encouraged to verify their details done the authoritative mechanics provided by the Election Commission and marque usage of the claims and objections process wrong the stipulated timeline. The SP is bringing astir consciousness done ineligible literacy initiatives, and engagement with predetermination authorities strictly wrong the model of electoral instrumentality to guarantee that nary eligible elector is inadvertently excluded.”
Mr. Salim added, “The entreaty to unite to prevention each azygous ballot indispensable beryllium understood successful its existent antiauthoritarian spirit. It is simply a telephone for corporate vigilance and work among citizens, civilian society, and each governmental stakeholders to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process. This unity is not astir partisan interests but astir ensuring that each eligible national is capable to enactment freely, fairly, and peacefully successful elections. Encouraging elector awareness, checking enrolment status, and upholding law values are indispensable components of a steadfast democracy.”
Awareness drives
BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said, “Ever since the SIR workout was announced, our State portion and workers encouraged radical to taxable their forms arsenic per EC guidelines. We volition proceed to clasp consciousness drives to guarantee nary 1 is near out.”
Ajay Rai, Uttar Pradesh Congress president, told The Hindu that committees person been formed to tally consciousness drives crossed the State. “District-level monitoring committees of the Congress are moving crossed 75 districts of U.P. To promote elector summation and support a cheque connected immoderate malpractices, our teams are holding meetings astatine the colony level to marque definite that each those who are eligible marque it to the last draft,” said Mr. Rai.
The Election Commission connected January 6 published the draught electoral rolls for Uttar Pradesh. There was a deletion of 2.89 crore (18.7 %) names from the 2025 elector database of the State. The fig of names deleted successful U.P. is the highest for immoderate State oregon Union Territory successful implicit numbers wherever the SIR has been conducted truthful far.
