Karnataka SIR draws scrutiny over pre-enumeration Form 7 deletion requests
Quick dive
- More than 1.28 lakh Form 7 applications seeking deletion were filed in Karnataka in the month before SIR began, including 45,878 by third parties.
- Third-party requests formed 35.6% of deletion applications; 2,254 cited duplicate entries and 6,775 cited absent or permanently shifted electors.
- In at least 28 Assembly constituencies, over 1,000 Form 7 applications were filed before enumeration; four constituencies accounted for over 28,441 requests.
- During SIR, BLOs identify Absent, Shifted, Dead, Duplicate and Other categories, while the draft roll excluded 1.07 crore names under these categories.
- exam_relevance: tests the statutory purpose and timing of Form 7, the role of BLOs/AEROs and safeguards against wrongful deletion; it echoes recurring UPSC questions on electoral-roll revision and the Election Commission.
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