Revanth questions voter decline despite population growth, calls for intensifying agitation against CEC

Congress MP Hibi Eden, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule, TMC MP Dola Sen, TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, RJD National Working President Tejashwi Yadav and TMC MP Saugata Roy at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the decline in voter numbers despite population growth and accused the BJP of using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to delete eligible voters opposed to the party. He called for intensifying the agitation led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Addressing a protest organised by the INDIA bloc in Delhi, Mr. Revanth Reddy alleged that the BJP was using the ECI as a tool to retain power, just as it had allegedly used the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax Department.

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Mr. Gyanesh Kumar of conspiring to delete eligible voters under the pretext of SIR, he alleged that the exercise was targeting the BJP’s political opponents, particularly Dalits, Adivasis, young people, the unemployed and the poor.