YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) State general secretary Lella Appi Reddy wrote a letter to State Election Commissioner (SEC) Anil Chandra Punetha, requesting that the electoral rolls for the forthcoming local body elections include all eligible voters enrolled in the Election Commission of India’s (RCI) electoral rolls up to July 15, 2026, which was the stated date of commencement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Andhra Pradesh, after which voter registration was frozen.
He observed that the ECI had clarified that the electoral rolls as on February 5, 2026, would be considered for these elections and restricting the rolls to that date would exclude citizens whose names were duly incorporated thereafter and up to July 15, 2026, despite their eligibility and inclusion in the ECI’s electoral rolls.
Mr. Appi Reddy said these voters had completed the prescribed enrolment process, and their names formed part of the official electoral records, and adopting an earlier version of the rolls without incorporating subsequent additions would deprive them of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote in the local body elections, whereas every eligible voter was supposed to have the opportunity to participate in the democratic process.
Therefore, the SEC should adopt the electoral rolls updated up to July 15, 2026, including all relevant supplementary approved changes and issue clear and uniform instructions to the authorities concerned, and that the updated local body electoral rolls be published in sufficient time for voters to verify their names and seek correction of any omissions, Mr. Appi Reddy appealed.
Published – October 10, 2026 07:37 pm IST
