Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has claimed misuse of Form 7 amid the intensive revision process of voter list released in Uttar Pradesh as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India. Now Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reacted to this in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Referring to Congress, CM Yogi asked why there is so much hue and cry over it. He said that SP should take a lesson from Congress. Today there is not a single member of Congress in the Legislative Council. If this situation continues then SP will also become zero here.

CM Yogi said that the opposition parties are not failing to attack our constitutional values. Presently the revision of voter list is going on in the state by the Election Commission of India. The state government has no role in this. According to the guidelines issued by the Commission, the system follows them but the government is not a part of it.

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CM said that in the process of SIR, 2 crore people and more than 88 lakh people were found either absent or found dead or shifted. We are surprised that SP makes them its vote bank and conducts fake voting. That is why they are shouting that fake work is being done in the name of Form 7.

CM Yogi took a jibe at SP by taking the name of Congress

The Chief Minister said that the Election Commission of India has made a system. Three types of forms have been given, in which Form 6, 7 and 8. In Form 6, you have to give proof of being a voter or to get your name added. If someone’s name has to be deleted in Form 7, it is used. If a person is physically present then that form automatically gets cancelled. I don’t understand why there is so much hue and cry over this? Why are allegations and counter-allegations being made? It is not possible that we create the definition of constitutional institutions as per our own convenience.

During this, CM took the name of Congress and said that I will ask SP to at least take a lesson from Congress. The Legislative Council has become without Congress. If you want to be without SP here and in the Assembly, then keep making such unruly nonsense.

The Election Commission conducts a particularly thorough revision of the voter list from time to time, so that no eligible citizen is left out and wrong names are removed. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has taken a big and relief decision regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign going on in Uttar Pradesh. One month additional time has now been given for those whose names have not yet been added to the voter list, or whose name, age, address or other details are incorrect.

Now you can apply till 6th March

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Uttar Pradesh Navdeep Rinwa informed in a press conference at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow that now voters can register their claims and objections till March 6, 2026. Earlier its last date was 6 February, which has now been extended. This means that new voters can get their names added by filling Form 6. Form 7 can be filled to remove wrong or duplicate name. Form 8 can be used for correction in name, age, address or other information.

SIR process started from 27th October

CEO Navdeep Rinwa said that this special revision campaign in Uttar Pradesh started from October 27. Under this, voter counting was done door-to-door from November 4 to January 6. The draft voter list was released on 6 January. After this, claims and objections were taken from 6 January to 6 February, but in view of the large number of applications received and the demand of political parties, the time limit was extended by one month.

Now the final voter list will come on April 10

According to the new program of the Election Commission, applications will be taken till March 6. All claims and objections will be resolved by March 27 and the final voter list of Uttar Pradesh will be published on April 10.

Lakhs of applications, crores of notices

According to the data released by the Election Department, 82,684 Form-7 were filled for deletion of names, about 37.8 lakh Form-6 were submitted for adding names, so far 1,076 applications have been received under Form 6A for migrant voters. Apart from this, notices are to be sent to a total of 3.26 crore voters. Till now 2.37 crore notices have been issued. 86.27 lakh notices have reached the voters. Hearing of about 30 lakh cases has been completed.

Mistake in many names and notice issued

The Election Department said that there are about 14 lakh voters whose names are in the draft list, but their physical mapping could not be done. There are 22 lakh voters whose mapping has been done, but some mistakes were found in the details. In all such cases, notices are being sent to the concerned voters, so that decisions can be taken on the basis of correct information. For the convenience of voters, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will be available at polling stations from 10 am to 12 noon on all working days. Voters can meet them directly and get help in filling the form and getting information. At the same time, the Election Commission admitted that still many women and young voters between 18 to 21 years have not been able to be included in the voter list. An appeal has been made to all such citizens to come forward and apply in time.

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In the special intensive revision process of voter list in Uttar Pradesh, names of 2.89 crore voters have been deleted. In this list, the districts where names of a large number of voters have been deleted include Muslim dominated districts including Saharanpur, where 15-19 percent votes have been deleted. After which the politics of the state has heated up.

After the release of the draft list of SIR in UP, such allegations are being made that the names of a large number of voters in Muslim dominated areas have been removed from the voter list. Votes have decreased by 15 to 19 percent in the five major Muslim dominated districts of the state, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur and Sambhal. These are the districts where Muslim population is 40–50 percent and they play an important role in elections.

So many votes were lost in Muslim dominated districts

A total of 28 assembly seats fall in these five Muslim dominated areas of UP. In the assembly elections held in 2022, the BJP-led NDA alliance had won 11 seats, while the SP alliance had won 17 seats. Let us take a look at the total assembly seats of these districts and the reduced number of voters.

Moradabad district

Assembly seats – 6
2022: BJP – 1 seat
Voters reduced: 3,87,628
Percentage reduction: 15.76%

Saharanpur

Assembly seats- 7
2022: BJP – 5 seats
Voters reduced: 4,32,539
Percentage reduction: 16.37%

Muzaffarnagar

Assembly seats- 6
2022: BJP – 2 seats, India Alliance – 4 seats
Voters reduced: 3,44,222
Percentage reduction: 16.29%

Rampur

Assembly seats- 5
2022: SP – 3 seats, NDA – 2 seats
Voters reduced: 3,21,572
Percentage reduction: 18.29%

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Assembly seats- 4
2022: SP – 3 seats,
BJP – 1 seat
Voters reduced: 3,18,615
Percentage reduction: 18.29%

Let us tell you that before SIR in UP, there were names of 15.44 crore voters in the voter list, out of which the names of 2.89 crore voters have been deleted and now 12.55 crore voters are left in the voter list. Opposition parties allege that a large number of votes have been counted in Muslim dominated areas. SP President Akhilesh Yadav has demanded the Election Commission to take cognizance of this matter and include the valid votes in the list.

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