CM expresses displeasure over party’s handling ongoing SIR
Ms. Meenakshi Natarajan wanted the Congress party to take the EC‘s actions in Telangana seriously.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy voiced his disapproval over the party's management of the Special Summary Revision (SIR) of voter lists, cautioning that up to 21% of votes may be erased due to carelessness. At an emergency Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Zoom meeting on Thursday night, Reddy chastised party leaders from district in-charge ministers to booth-level workers for their lack of responsibility in the field.
The TPCC emergency meeting, which included State unit Chief B. Mahesh Kumar Goud, AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan, and other senior leaders, saw Reddy issuing strict directives and deadlines to rectify the errors. He instructed district in-charge ministers to visit their districts and hold urgent review meetings with parliamentary and assembly constituency in-charges.
Reddy emphasized that party leaders must spend two days on the ground to prepare comprehensive reports for every single constituency, and Assembly constituency in-charges should physically remain in their segments for at least four days to identify and resolve voter list discrepancies. He warned that failing to implement a foolproof strategy would result in severe political losses.
Reddy also called for the Congress party to expose an alleged vote-deletion conspiracy by the BJP and BRS, urging every worker to take this as a personal responsibility and move forward aggressively. Meenakshi Natarajan stressed the gravity of the situation, noting that 73 lakh votes have been deleted and 64 lakh flagged with anomalies, calling it the largest voter deletion in any state.
She urged MPs, MLAs, and party leaders to thoroughly examine un-digitalized and anomalous entries, with Booth Level Assistants (BLAs) remaining vigilant to restore eligible voters. Mahesh Goud, who chaired the meeting, alleged a secret conspiracy involving the BJP and the Election Commission (EC), stating that the scale of deletions is far worse than seen in Bengal.
He directed district in-charge ministers to convene review meetings with local MLAs and leaders to scrutinize every vote registry, warning that any negligence would face strict action and no tolerance for mistakes.
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