Leaders of the Congress and five other political parties on Sunday (January 25, 2026) submitted a memorandum to Assam’s Chief Electoral Officer, alleging that fake objections were being filed to remove unsuspecting voters from the draft electoral roll during the Special Revision (SR) exercise under way in the State.
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According to the draft electoral roll published on December 27, 2025, Assam has 2.51 crore voters after 4.78 lakh were marked dead and 5.23 lakh were found shifted, while 53,619 multiple entries were deleted. The poll authorities claimed 100% verification covering more than 61 lakh households.
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The Opposition parties — Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, Communist Party of India, CPI (Marxist), and CPI (Marxist–Leninist) — alleged widespread legal violations, political interference, and targeted harassment of genuine voters during the SR exercise, which they claimed was “arbitrary, unlawful, and unconstitutional”.
