Shrinate pointed to the tribunal appeals process in West Bengal, where 83,000 individuals challenged their removal from electoral rolls. According to her, 91 percent of the initial cases resulted in names being restored, suggesting a high rate of error in the draft lists. She contends that these systemic failures effectively disenfranchised voters on a massive scale.
The criticism extends to Maharashtra, where Congress leader Pawan Khera alleged that nearly two crore voters were excluded from the state’s roll. Khera accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India of overseeing a rigged system, citing an unusual increase of 40 lakh electors between the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections as evidence of inconsistent data management. Data from the state's Chief Electoral Officer confirms that out of nearly 9.8 crore electors, over 1.5 crore were categorized as permanently shifted or absent, while 34.8 lakh were marked as deceased.
Election officials maintain that the process involves rigorous verification, noting that political parties appointed over 3.3 lakh Booth Level Agents to monitor the exercise. The current window for filing claims and objections remains open until September 30, with the final electoral roll scheduled for publication on November 4.
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