UP Form-7 voter list controversy

Form-7 misuse: Supreme Court to consider Congress MP’s plea alleging targeted deletions in U.P.

There is documented evidence to show the Form-7 process was utilised to facilitate bulk, fraudulent and targeted deletion attempts against eligible electors, ‘particularly of those belonging to minority and marginalised sections of society’, the petitioners say

Congress says bulk applications to delete voter names are being processed in Uttarakhand

Congress tells ECI that, in Kichha Assembly constituency, one man has submitted 6,410 objections; 262 people have filed over ten Form 7s each; earlier complaints of bulk submissions in Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan

ECI functioning as arm of BJP, SIR part of strategy to manufacture majority: Congress

SIR was part of this conscious BJP, Modi-Shah strategy to manufacture a majority and to manipulate the electoral roll in a manner that you disenfranchise a large number of people, says Jairam Ramesh

Number of deleted votes in some constituencies of Bihar exceeds victory margins of last Assembly elections, alleges Congress

Election Commission of India should act on reports of irregularities impartially and not function as the BJP’s B-team, says Jairam Ramesh

Congress says Form-7 being misused for targeted voter deletion in several States

Party leader K.C. Venugopal writes to the Election Commission of India alleging a coordinated effort across States to remove eligible electors, especially from marginalised groups

Amid bulk filing, ECI sets limit on Form 7 submissions

Applications during claims and objections that an individual elector can file are capped at 10, while those during continuous updation of rolls by a voter have been fixed at five per month

Election Commission Caps Voter Deletion Forms At 10 Per Individual Amid Row

EC said it had got reports of individuals filing objections in bulk on unsubstantiated grounds.

Election Commission tightens limits on Form-7 filings to check bulk objections

The cap applies to online and offline filings, following concerns that unsupported bulk objections were burdening voters and election staff.

Amid Form 7 bulk filing row, Election Commission limits it to 10 per elector

SC: Nothing wrong in deleting dead or those who've shifted