SIR: With 1.10 crore voters under ASDDO, Karnataka to see one of the highest draft-stage deletions
Karnataka has already crossed the highest draft-stage deletions recorded in Uttar Pradesh (19.09%) and Arunachal Pradesh (18.7%), where the exercise concluded in April
As of August 3, Karnataka's electoral rolls contain a staggering 1.10 crore voters under the Absent, Shifted, Duplicate, Dead and Others (ASDDO) category, marking the state's highest draft-stage deletions in electoral roll revisions. This represents 19.95% of Karnataka's total electoral roll, surpassing the previous records set by Uttar Pradesh (19.09%) and Arunachal Pradesh (18.7%).
Even among Phase III States, Karnataka's ASDDO percentage is significantly higher than that of Haryana (16.3%) and Andhra Pradesh (10.78%). The ASDDO category, which currently covers 19.95% of Karnataka's voters, is expected to exceed 20% as recent trends show that over 60% of the forms digitised daily are added to the ASDDO list.
Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar has acknowledged that the ASDDO list is designed to result in deletions, with names to be removed unless voters can prove their residency or shift status. With the August 8 deadline for enumeration fast approaching, the digitisation process has gained momentum, but over 60% of every 8-10 lakh forms digitised daily are currently marked under ASDDO.
Despite mahazars conducted in all cases, it remains unclear where these 1.10 crore ASDDO voters will ultimately be accounted for and why Karnataka has recorded one of the highest ASDDO figures among Phase III States.
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