Opposition parties in Assam on Friday (January 9, 2026) filed a police complaint against the BJP, alleging that it was conspiring to delete names from the electoral rolls ahead of the Assembly polls.
The Congress, CPI(M), Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, and CPI(ML)L, in a joint complaint filed at Dispur Police Station in Guwahati, claimed that State BJP president Dilip Saikia has specifically entrusted Cabinet Minister Ashok Singhal to carry out the deletion process in 60 Legislative Assembly Constituencies (LACs).
BJP planning to manipulate electoral rolls, ‘delete names of 10,000 voters’: Assam MLA
A Special Revision (SR) of electoral rolls is underway in Assam, with the final voter list to be published on February 10. Assembly elections are likely to be held in March-April.
The State BJP president “instructed the BJP MLAs to take necessary steps for deletion of names in 60 LACs and also entrusted Hon’ble Minister Shri Ashok Singhal in a Zoom meeting held on January 4, 2026”, the Opposition parties said in the complaint.
