Congress demands CEC’s resignation over voter-roll row
The Telangana Congress held a Hyderabad protest over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The alleged vote deletions remain allegations, not findings.
The Telangana Congress has demanded the CEC’s resignation over the electoral-roll revision; the final roll is scheduled for October 1.
The Telangana Congress protested in Hyderabad on September 28 against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. The rally, part of an All India Congress Committee programme, moved from the Indira Gandhi statue at Necklace Road to the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer’s office at BRK Bhavan. TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud led it, with ministers, MPs, MLAs and party workers participating. [1]
Congress leaders alleged that the revision could delete voters, including people opposed to the BJP-led government, and questioned the legal basis for changes to Form 6 and electoral-roll procedures. Those remain Congress allegations. No official ECI document or Telangana-specific dataset reviewed for this report establishes deliberate political deletions or misconduct. [1][2]
The ECI’s published schedule lists Telangana’s final roll for October 1, 2026, after claims and objections. Its voter portal says the Chief Electoral Officer is responsible for preparing, revising and correcting the rolls. The Commission’s response to the protest was not found in the reviewed material. [3][4]
The Congress has supplied the alarm. The ECI has supplied a timetable. Telangana voters are still waiting for the evidence in between.