Adityanath says 1.27 crore Hindu voters missing from draft rolls

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said approximately 1.27 crore Hindu voters listed in panchayat rolls were absent from the state’s post-revision draft electoral rolls, and said his government had submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission of India seeking answers about the omissions. The figures are his claims and are not independently verified in the reports.

Adityanath made the remarks at a televised event, where he also said the number of Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh had risen by 1.65 per cent after the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR. He argued that Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav should no longer seek a rollback of the exercise because of that increase.

The chief minister said 66 lakh people appeared on panchayat rolls but not on the draft electoral rolls, including 55 lakh Hindus. He also cited 4.5 lakh missing voters aged 18 to 19. The reports do not provide voter-level records or a methodology establishing the religious breakdown or the claimed increase in Muslim voter numbers.

Adityanath said the memorandum asked election authorities why names present on panchayat lists were absent from the Election Commission’s rolls. He said eligible...