Telangana asks for four weeks; ECI gets 92.86 lakh notices
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has sought more time and staff for claims and objections during the electoral-roll revision. The Election Commission has not announced a change to the schedule.
Telangana has sought more time and staff for claims and objections during the electoral-roll revision.
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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has asked Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for a four-week extension to the claims-and-objections period in the state’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. His letter, dated August 28, seeks more time beyond the current August 17–September 16 window. The Election Commission has not publicly announced an extension in the material reviewed.
Reports quoting the letter say 73,39,235 entries were placed under ASDD categories: dead, absent or untraceable, permanently shifted, duplicate or already enrolled, and other categories. Separately, 60.5 lakh forms were flagged for anomalies and 32.36 lakh lacked a link to the earlier roll. The two groups are described as distinct, taking the reported notice workload to 92.86 lakh. The figures are reported claims from the letter, not an independently audited dataset.
Reddy has sought additional Electoral Registration Officers, more help desks and decentralised hearings, especially in Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy. The stated concern is that eligible voters could discover a problem only at the polling booth. The final-roll date is better supported in the reviewed reports as October 19, not September 19. The BJP-led Election Commission now has a simple administrative task: give Telangana’s voters time to answer the notices, rather than making paperwork race the electorate.