{
  "id": 5241419,
  "title": "BJP MP Raghav Chadha alleges 'political vendetta' after his name gets deleted from draft SIR rolls; AAP hits back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/bjp-mp-raghav-chadha-alleges-political-vendetta-after-his-name-gets",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:46:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bjp-mp-raghav-chadha-alleges-political-vendetta-after-his-name-deleted-from-draft-sir-rolls-aap-hits-back-11788406530135.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As the Election Commission of India (ECI) conducts the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, political tensions have flared between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha and the Punjab government. Chadha, a former AAP leader who later joined the BJP, claims his name has been removed from the draft electoral rolls due to a political vendetta by the AAP-led government in Punjab.\n\nIn a lengthy post on social media platform X, Chadha alleged that the AAP government in Punjab, along with officials from the Punjab government, labeled him as \"shifted\" in the electoral rolls. He accused the AAP leadership of targeting him and other former party leaders, allegedly pressuring state officials to remove their names from the rolls. Chadha also claimed the state government controls the careers and transfers of officials once their electoral duty ends.\n\nThe AAP responded to Chadha's allegations, stating that he was trying to register his voter ID in Delhi through a backdated process. They argued that the SIR exercise is conducted by the ECI, not the state government, and that Chadha's name should have been based on his current residence in Delhi. The AAP also pointed out that Chadha had been living in Delhi, not Punjab, and therefore should have maintained his own responsibility for his voter registration.\n\nChadha's name was among 20.66 lakh names removed from Punjab's pre-SIR electoral rolls, accounting for 9.7% of the total electorate. His name appeared in the ASDD list, which covers voters classified as \"absent, shifted, deceased and duplicate,\" with his entry marked as \"permanently shifted.\" The final SIR electoral roll for Punjab is set to be released on October 12. Voters with deleted names have a one-month window (August 13 to September 12) to file claims and objections.",
  "summary": "Raghav Chadha accused the AAP-led Punjab government of political vendetta after his name was removed from the draft electoral rolls during the SIR exercise. AAP rejected the charge, saying the ECI conducts the revision and the state government has no role in voter deletions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}