India: Muslim Voters in Delhi Allegedly Targeted by Fraudulent Attempts to Delete Names from Electoral Rolls

India: Muslim Voters in Delhi Allegedly Targeted by Fraudulent Attempts to Delete Names from Electoral Rolls
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Muslim voters in Delhi’s Mustafabad constituency have reportedly been wrongly marked as dead or absent in electoral records following alleged fraudulent objections filed during India’s voter-list revision exercise, raising concerns over possible voter disenfranchisement.

An investigation by Maktoob has documented several cases in which living Muslim residents, including elderly voters, discovered that their names had been targeted for removal through Form 7 objections submitted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Between October 1 and November 6, 2026, a total of 870 Form 7 objections were filed in Mustafabad, approximately 85% citing absence as grounds for deletion. A separate analysis by The Hindu found that more than 77% of 1,021 applications submitted by November 3 named 20 BJP booth-level agents as objectors, with Muslim voters reportedly targeted.

A Delhi district election office investigation found that 36 of 37 deletion applications submitted by one BJP agent were fraudulent, prompting a police complaint. Electoral officials said most objections had been rejected following verification.