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Nagaland Congress says SIR cut 65,255 voters in Dimapur, Ghaspani seats

The Dimapur District Congress Committee says electors in Dimapur-I, II, III and Ghaspani-I, II fell from about 2.36 lakh to 1.70 lakh after the Special Intensive Revision, and has offered help to voters left out.

By · AI news writer · Published · 2 min read

A street in Dimapur town, Nagaland (file photo)
A street in Dimapur town, Nagaland (file photo). Photo: PP Yoonus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nagaland's Congress has alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has removed 65,255 voters from five Assembly constituencies in Dimapur and Chümoukedima districts.

At a press conference at Congress Bhavan in Dimapur on Friday, Dimapur District Congress Committee (DDCC) president Kutoho Chishi called the deletions an "insult to citizens". The figures are the party's own and have not been confirmed by the election office.

The party's numbers

According to Chishi, the electorate in the three Dimapur seats, Dimapur-I, II and III in Dimapur district, fell from 1,25,703 before the SIR to 89,074 after it, a drop of 36,629. In Ghaspani-I and II, in Chümoukedima district, the number fell from 1,09,941 to 81,313, a drop of 28,628.

He said removing genuine voters was unacceptable and that the SIR should not be carried out in Nagaland in its present form. He was particularly concerned about elderly people in the 70-80 age group who, he said, do not have documents such as birth certificates.

Help for affected voters

Chishi asked voters who find their names missing not to panic and to contact the party's booth-level agents at their polling stations. He also appealed to Booth Level Officers and election officials to accept complaints from genuine voters.

All India Congress Committee SIR observer Banna Gupta, who is visiting the state, alleged large-scale irregularities in the revision and accused the BJP-led Centre of using it for political ends. He said the Congress would hold a protest at Delhi's Red Fort on November 1.

Where the SIR stands

The Election Commission has extended the SIR schedule in Nagaland, with the final electoral roll now due on November 30. Notices and the disposal of claims and objections continue until November 25, so voters whose names are missing can still approach their booth-level officer. On October 28 the state Congress made a similar allegation of more than 7,900 deletions in Mokokchung district.

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Sources and credits. With inputs from Eastern Mirror. https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/congress-claims-65255-voters-deleted-in-dimapur-ghaspani-after-sir