Four months after it highlighted a large-scale attempt to delete votes in Karnataka's Aland constituency, the Congress on Thursday complained to the Election Commission of similar attempts in several places during the ongoing SIR. "The pattern/modus as revealed from above-mentioned States is, first, there is generation of bulk, pre-printed objection forms in the Form-7 format prescribed by the Election Commission of India, allegedly through a centralised system. "A striking and common feature of these forms is the absence of clear and verifiable particulars of the individual submitting the Form 7." Venugopal cited reports of these occurrences in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Kerala and Assam (where a "special revision" is in progress). Congress units in Gujarat and Rajasthan have formally raised this with election authorities.

Source: The Telegraph January 30, 2026 01:58 UTC