Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Monday alleged that lakhs of voter names are under the threat of being removed from the electoral rolls in the state under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list.
Mahesh Kumar Goud said the Congress would write to civil society organisations, NGOs and caste-based associations in Telangana, urging them to help safeguard the voting rights of people whose names are under threat of being excluded or have been excluded from the electoral rolls.
Telangana CEO C Sudharshan Reddy on Thursday said that about 54 lakh of the 92 lakh voters issued notices during the SIR process had been included in the electoral rolls. This process will continue till Nov 5. The collection of documents from the remaining nearly 40 lakh will be completed, and they will be brought into the main rolls, except those who have migrated or died, he said. Earlier reporting noted: Congress campaign against vote chori to help re-enroll voters whose names were deleted in SIR The Congress on Monday (October 5, 2026) announced a series of nationwide campaigns against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged vote theft, using a slogan of ‘Vote bachao, desh bachao (Save your vote, save the country’.
“A protest would be held in front of Lok Bhavan in Hyderabad on Oct 8,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: Congress workers will reach out to more than 13.3 crore people whose names have been struck off the voters’ list during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls , and will try to get them re-enrolled with the help of “vote rakshaks [guardians]” at each polling booth. He spoke to media persons in New Delhi after attending a key meeting convened by the AICC, chaired by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge , Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal. The meeting discussed the Congress’ concerns over the electoral-roll revision process and the course of action to be adopted in the coming weeks, and demanded the resignation of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The TPCC chief alleged that the Election Commission was functioning under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. “Rahul Gandhi has stressed that every eligible citizen must retain the right to vote. Former Congress chief and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi was also present at the meeting.
Earlier reporting noted: The announcement was made after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired a two-hour-long meeting of party general secretaries, State in-charges, and Pradesh Congress Committee chiefs at the Indira Bhawan here. Meanwhile, the Telangana Congress Seva Dal held a satyagraha at Gandhi Bhavan on Monday to safeguard democracy, demanding the immediate resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Mahesh Kumar Goud said the meeting decided to intensify protests over the alleged irregularities in the SIR process for the next two months. He said rallies and demonstrations would be organised against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and demanded his resignation.