Karnataka SIR: Bulk Form 7 Filings Seek Deletion of Over 4,000 Voters
More than 4,000 voter deletions are being sought in Karnataka through bulk Form 7 applications, largely against Muslim voters, per the Form 10 statutory report.
Bulk applications seeking the removal of voters from the electoral rolls have been filed across several Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, with more than 4,000 deletions being sought in total.
The objections have been submitted through Form 7, the prescribed route for requesting the deletion of an existing elector's name. The consolidated picture emerges from the Form 10 statutory report, which compiles the details of Form 7 objections filed in the state.
A large share of those marked for deletion are Muslim voters, indicating that the objections are concentrated against a particular community.
The filings also display a common pattern in how they were prepared. In many of the Form 7 applications, the particulars of the voters sought to be deleted were printed on the forms, while only the names of the objectors were written by hand.
The uniformity suggests the objections were generated in bulk rather than filed individually, though the report does not identify who prepared or submitted them.
The deletions are being pursued in the course of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka, a process in which claims and objections against existing entries are invited before the rolls are finalised.