73 lakh names out, and Congress calls it vigilance
Telangana’s voter-roll revision has created a serious verification exercise. Revanth Reddy’s BJP–BRS conspiracy claim has not, so far, produced the evidence needed to turn political theatre into fact.
The revision has produced a mountain of records; the booth-level explanation is still pending.
Telangana’s Special Intensive Revision has placed 73,39,235 electors outside the draft roll under categories including deceased, shifted, absent, duplicate and other entries. Another 92.88 lakh records require scrutiny because of anomalies or because they could not be mapped to the 2002 base roll. The Election Commission’s paperwork has produced a mountain; the booth-level explanation is still missing.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has alleged that the BJP is using the exercise to delete Congress-supporting votes and that the BJP and BRS are working together. The available record does not establish either claim. There is no booth-level evidence, voter-pattern analysis or documentary proof of coordination. The BJP’s counter-allegation — that the Congress government is misusing the process to remove BJP voters — is equally unproved.
BRS has opposed deleting eligible voters while seeking stronger checks for duplicate registrations. The Telangana CEO has said an anomaly alone cannot justify deleting a name, and that claims and objections are part of the process. The latest timetable also needs clarity: published schedules differ, while a later report says the final-roll deadline was extended to November 9. The Congress government has supplied conspiracy language; voters still need the data.