Telangana CM warns 21% of votes at risk in electoral revision

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday, August 13, expressed strong dissatisfaction with his party's handling of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, warning that approximately 21 percent of votes in the state are at risk of deletion due to negligence. He alleged that political forces were orchestrating a conspiracy to delete lakhs of votes, targeting Telangana after similar actions in West Bengal.

Speaking during an emergency video conference of ruling Congress leaders, Reddy directed incharge ministers to conduct urgent reviews with Parliamentary and Assembly constituency incharge persons in their respective districts. He instructed ministers to spend two days in the field to prepare a comprehensive report for every constituency and ordered all Assembly constituency incharge persons to remain in their segments for at least four days to identify and resolve voter list discrepancies. The Chief Minister made it clear that the party would not tolerate any failure to implement a proper action plan, warning that such lapses could result in severe political damage in the future.

The urgency stems from data released by the Chief Electoral Officer...