Following an uproar over reports that the names of 97 eligible electors were not included in the final voter list published in February after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Chief Electoral Officer of the state has said “many” of them have been added since then.
On Thursday, the CEO’s office said several names have been included. Many have since been enrolled, while the remaining cases are being processed. He called for the process to be rolled back.
Because it knew it would not get another term in the state, goa Congress working president Sunil Kawthankar said the BJP was trying to win elections through SIR. After going through the cases, the officials found 97 eligible for inclusion. The Goa Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) sent eight communications between February 11 and 17 seeking a facility to reverse the decision and allow the inclusion of the names, according to the report. This did not happen, however, and the final electoral roll published on February 21 did not have the 97 voters. “The 97 cases not included in the Final Roll published in February 2026 were separately processed through house-to-house visits by BLOs (Booth Level Officers) for completion of Form 6.
It is reiterated that no eligible elector will be left behind,” it said.
“Deletion of names of valid voters amounts to sabotage. The Election Commission of India has become an arm of the BJP, which they are using to win polls. The BJP is rattled by the support that the Congress has been receiving across the country. That is why they are trying to win elections through these kinds of tactics,” he was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Because people are not voting for the party and it has not been able to win elections, the BJP has dismissed the Opposition’s claims as a smear campaign and said the Congress has been frustrated.
