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Maharashtra Voter List Changes Spark Vote Security Concerns: Chennithala
- •Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala highlighted "large-scale irregularities" in Maharashtra's voter list, noting 39 lakh new voters added within five months post-2024 Lok Sabha elections.
- •Chennithala found this anomaly significant, as only 32 lakh voters were added in the preceding five years.
- •He escalated his findings to the Congress national leadership, leading to Rahul Gandhi's 'Vote Chori' campaign.
- •Chennithala expressed further concern over changes in the new draft electoral roll released under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Maharashtra.
- •He emphasized the need for maximum transparency in the electoral process, stating that the Congress party will resist any attempts to undermine voting rights.
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Ramesh Chennithala highlighted large-scale irregularities and the addition of 39 lakh new voters within five months after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He expressed serious concerns over vote security and the changes found in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft voter list.
More than 2.06 crore voters, representing about 21.14 percent of Maharashtra's previous voter base, were not included in the draft voter list following the Special Intensive Revision process.
The CEO stated that the roll published under the first phase of SIR-2026 is only a draft, making comparisons with the previous final list inappropriate while the revision is ongoing. The initial phase focused primarily on verifying whether voters resided at their registered addresses, leading to the omission of those not found during checks.
