YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddi has expressed grave concern over the Special Summary Revision (SIR) of voter lists, making sensational allegations against the process. Speaking at a meeting with senior party leaders at the YSRCP central office in Tadepalli, he claimed that heavy deletion of votes in states like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu was the primary reason why prominent national-level leaders like Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin faced unexpected defeats in their respective home constituencies. Warning that a similar voter list revision is set to take place in Andhra Pradesh, Jagan strongly urged party cadres and booth-level workers to remain extremely vigilant to safeguard their votes.
Highlighting the concerns raised by various political parties across the country regarding vote deletions under the guise of the SIR process, Jagan provided specific statistical figures during the meeting. He stated that 91 lakh votes were deliberately removed in West Bengal, while a staggering 94 lakh votes were deleted in Tamil Nadu. Analyzing individual constituencies, the YSRCP chief pointed out that Mamata Banerjee lost by a margin of 15,000 votes in Bhabanipur because 45,982 votes were deleted there. Similarly, in Tamil Nadu’s Kolathur constituency, 71,000 votes were removed, leading to MK Stalin’s narrow defeat by 8,000 votes. He emphasized that even a small number of legitimate vote deletions in every village can drastically alter the final election outcome at the constituency level.
In light of these developments, Jagan called upon his party ranks to closely scrutinize the voter lists and identify bogus or duplicate votes associated with the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Citing the Kuppam constituency, represented by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, as an example, he alleged that thousands of suspicious votes sharing the same name and family details currently exist in the voter lists. He directed YSRCP leaders and cadres to continuously verify the electoral rolls during the upcoming SIR process, ensure that the votes of YSRCP sympathizers are not deleted, and promptly lodge official complaints with election authorities regarding any discrepancies.
