73.39 lakh voters excluded from draft electoral rolls in Telangana SIR

A staggering 73.39 lakh voters have been excluded from the draft electoral rolls published on Monday, while 92 lakh electors will be served notices as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana.

As per the information released by the Telangana Chief Electoral Office, 73,39,235 voters have been identified under the Absent, Shifted and Death (ASD) category. Of these, 9,22,229 electors are categorised as dead, 11,25,546 are absent or untraceable, 45,18,963 have permanently shifted, 6,70,203 are already enrolled and 1,02,294 are categorised under other



categories.

Telangana CEO C Sudarshan Reddy said the BLOs did not find these electors or did not receive their enumeration forms as they had become electors in other States/UTs, were not found at their given addresses, did not submit the forms until the August 10 deadline, or were not willing to register as electors for some or other reason.

However, genuine electors could still be added back to the electoral rolls during the claims and objections period between August 17 and September 16 using Form-6 along with the prescribed declaration form, he said.