Overview
- After a Special Intensive Revision, the draft rolls dropped 28.9 million names in Uttar Pradesh, opening a month-long claims and objections period.
- Chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa urged eligible residents to file Form-6 if missing, with verification hearings running through February 27 before the final roll on March 6.
- Official data shows the BJP has filed 1,121 inclusion applications so far, far ahead of the SP with 26 and the BSP with 19.
- The BJP’s state unit has launched a drive to trace absent and transferred voters, re-enrol deleted names, and register first-time voters using Form-6.
- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav alleged about one crore fake voters were added and sought FIRs against those responsible, a claim not substantiated by election officials.