Two days after Delhi’s draft roll was printed underneath the continuing particular intensive revision (SIR) drive, a number of voters who submitted their enumeration varieties to Sales space Stage Officers (BLOs) discovered their names lacking from the roll and marked ‘completely shifted’ or ‘absent/untraceable’ regardless of the varieties having been formally signed and digitised.
The Hindu has verified at the very least 16 such instances. Their names seem on the ASDD (‘absent’, ‘shifted’, ‘lifeless’, ‘duplicate’) checklist that categorises the names not noted of the draft roll.
As many as 47.56 lakh names have been eliminated on the draft stage after their enumeration varieties weren’t acquired by BLOs, in accordance with an official assertion. Of those, 31.59 lakh, or 66%, have been marked ‘completely shifted’, in accordance with an evaluation of the ASDD checklist by The Hindu. Notably, Delhi had a complete registered voters of 1.45 crore earlier than the draft rolls have been printed.
‘Repair accountability’
Jitendra Kumar, 56, from Mehrauli, who has voted from the identical polling sales space for a decade, discovered his title marked ‘completely shifted’.
Of the 907 voters registered on the native polling sales space, 896 have been marked ‘completely shifted’, together with Mr. Kumar. His type had been verified and signed by the BLO, as seen by The Hindu.
“Accountability needs to be fastened and it needs to be defined how I’m marked ‘completely shifted’ as a substitute of being instructed to fill Kind 6,” he mentioned.
In response to the Election Fee (EC), electors whose names haven’t been included within the draft checklist are required to submit Kind 6 in the course of the claims and objections interval ending September 30.
When reached for remark, the BLO mentioned, “I had mapped and digitised practically 600 varieties. Now I don’t know why voters are unable to search out their names within the draft roll.”
One other case is of Ashish Ranjan from Timarpur. He moved from Bihar and has been enrolled as a Delhi voter since 2014. On the official EC portal, his type is marked as ‘efficiently submitted’. He additionally submitted a bodily type to his BLO on August 7. Nonetheless, his title appeared within the ASDD checklist as ‘completely shifted’.
Mr. Ranjan mentioned he is not going to fill Kind 6. “I’m an election researcher… On what foundation is one marked ‘completely shifted’? Why is there ambiguity relating to this? Kind 6 is for brand spanking new voters,” he mentioned.
In Jangpura, Chander Shekhar’s title appeared within the draft roll, whereas these of his spouse Pooja Rani, 42, and oldsters Dharampal, 61, and Parmeshwari, 62, have been marked “absent/untraceable”. The household mentioned they’d submitted their varieties collectively at a voter service centre after the BLO didn’t come to gather them. The BLO instructed them, “they don’t have checklist”.
‘Causes not identified’
A senior official mentioned the rationale for such instances was “unknown”, however voters whose names are lacking from the draft roll must enrol afresh by submitting Kind 6 together with a declaration type. Concerning Mr. Rajan’s case, the BLO involved mentioned, “I’m ready to get some readability from the Electoral Registration Officer on the subsequent assembly.” The Hinduverified 4 such instances reported to the Timarpur BLO.
Not one of the voters in these instances acquired an acknowledgement slip or a second copy of their enumeration type, which was to be supplied upon submission.
Printed – September 03, 2026 01:11 am IST
