BRS seeks extension of graduate voter registration deadline to December 6

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to extend the current deadline of November 6 for graduate voter registration by at least a month, citing a massive verification backlog, inadequate outreach and difficulties in getting educational certificates attested.

A BRS delegation led by the party deputy floor leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav submitted a representation to Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Sudarshan Reddy on Monday, seeking urgent measures to ensure that eligible graduates are not deprived of their voting rights in the



Mahabubnagar-Rangareddy-Hyderabad and Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduate MLC constituencies.

In its representation, addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner through the CEO, the BRS sought an extension until December 6, deployment of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with clear targets, and a Statewide awareness campaign. The party stated that around 5.23 lakh Form 18 applications had been received by October 24, but only 26,085 had been approved, while 4.96 lakh applications were pending verification. The approved applications accounted for just 2.52 per cent of the 10.36 lakh graduates on the 2021 electoral rolls.