Tika Ram Jully
NEW DELHI,19 Jan 2026: Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra and Rajasthan leader of Opposition Tika Ram Jully on Monday brought to Delhi the manipulation of the voter lists in their state.
They told a Press conference here that the BJP is conspiring to “fraudulently” removing from the electoral rolls the names of voters who had supported the Congress since after the SIR
(special intensive Revision), noting that 45 lakh names were found “absent, shifted or deceased” and objections were then invited until January 15.
“Until January 3rd, there was no chaos, and the entire system was running smoothly. However, on January 3rd, BJP’s National General Secretary (Organisation) B L Santosh visited Rajasthan, held a meeting there, and then the process of fraudulently adding and removing votes began,” Dotasra alleged. He said the voters were told to file claims and objections to the draft electoral rolls as published on December 16.
He claimed 10,000 to 20,000 computerised forms were distributed by the Election Commission in each assembly constituency to update the draft rolls. Already 1.40 lakh forms have been already registered to remove names of the Congress voters. He narrated how the fraud gained momentum after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Jaipur on January 13 and stayed at the Chief Minister’s residence for a “secret operation” to distort the voter lists.
“The rule book states that after the draft publication, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) can only distribute 10 forms per day, and no more – meaning the number of forms distributed until the 14th is already before you. BJP MLAs, ministers, and MLA candidates have submitted thousands of forms with forged BLO signatures to every Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM). In my own constituency, 627 forms were submitted, and when they tried to submit another 2,000 forms, the SDM refused to accept them,” Dotasra claimed.
Several BLOs have come forward and given statements to the media stating that they did not sign the forms, that the signatures are forged, and the forms are incomplete, he said.
“In this matter, we have met with Naveen Mahajan of the Election Commission and informed him about the entire fraud. We have told him that immense pressure is being put on the officers, telling them that they have to accept the forms if they want to keep their jobs,” Dotasra said.
The situation in Rajasthan is such that BJP MLAs themselves are submitting thousands of forms for removing names from the voter list, he said.
When asked, they claim they are removing the names of Bangladeshi and Rohingya people, Dotasra said.
“BJP members want to murder democracy in the name of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) and commit ‘vote chori’. This is a clear misuse of the system,” he said.
The Congress had made similar charges in the state last week and the BJP rejected the charge, saying that it was the habit of the opposition party to make “baseless” allegations.
Dotasra claimed that the BJP’s local office-bearers have been given data and tasked with removing Congress-supporting votes or adding fake votes of BJP supporters in every assembly constituency.
The situation in Rajasthan is such that BJP MLAs themselves are submitting thousands of forms for removing names from the voter list by forging the BLO signatures, he said.
When asked, the BJP MLAs claim they are removing the names of Bangladeshi and Rohingya people, Dotasra said.
“BJP members want to murder democracy in the name of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) and commit ‘vote chori’. This is a clear misuse of the system,” he said.
The Congress had made similar charges in the state last week and the BJP rejected the charge, saying that it was the habit of the opposition party to make “baseless” allegations.
Dotasra claimed that not only the BJP MLAs but also the BJP’s local office-bearers have been given data and tasked with removing Congress-supporting votes or adding fake votes of BJP supporters in every assembly constituency.
He claimed that recently, data stored in pen drive was provided to every assembly constituency.
“Based on that data, thousands of printed forms with forged signatures were sent to many assembly constituencies. These forms are fake and not according to the rules,” he said.
Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Jully also targeted the ruling BJP over this issue and supported the claims by Dotasra.
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