YSRCP urges State Election Commission to defer municipal rolls until SIR completion

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) has requested the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) to postpone the conduct of municipal elections until the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the release of the final electoral rolls. Lella Appi Reddy, the YSRCP State general secretary, expressed concerns over the SEC's directive requiring the publication of ward-wise photo electoral rolls with a qualifying date of January 1, 2026.

Reddy highlighted discrepancies in the draft Assembly electoral rolls, which showed that approximately 42 lakh entries were under review, leading to the deletion of around 44.89 lakh entries. These deletions encompassed roughly 15.22 lakh deceased voters, 7.37 lakh duplicate or multiple registrations, and numerous untraceable or shifted individuals.

Reddy argued that issuing municipal rolls based on draft electoral data could result in inconsistencies and exclude genuine eligible voters whose applications were still under review. He referred to Section 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965, which stipulates that municipal rolls must be derived from updated Assembly rolls, and urged the SEC to adjust its schedule to correspond with the final SIR roll publication.