BJP strongholds get most cuts in SIR draft
Jaipur, Dec. 18 -- The deletion of 4.18 million voters' names from the first draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state has triggered political churn, with analysts and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders warning that the exercise could have far-reaching electoral consequences, particularly in BJP-dominated urban regions, even as parties await constituency-wise data to assess the real fallout.
Dhundhar region comprising the capital city Jaipur saw the maximum deletion on the first draft roll of SIR that was published on Tuesday followed by Mewar, Vagad, and Hadoti. While the lowest cut was witnessed in Shekhawati and Mewat.
Political analyst Manish Godha believed that it is difficult to understand this pattern until we get to analyse the constituency-wise data. "Apparently, Congress' narrative over the SIR exercise seems to have failed. However, there could be some Muslim pockets in the BJP-dominant areas where the BJP MLAs worked actively and their names have been removed. But it would be too early to predict."
Another analyst Mithilesh Jamini said this is a reflection of active monitoring of the Congress BLAs. "In only the Shekhawati region, the Congress had deployed over 6,200 BLAs. This deletion will leave a huge impact on the BJP in the upcoming election." "Most of the voters have been deleted from the urban areas of the state. In the rural areas, Congress still has a stronghold and they are missing the schemes and policies implemented by former chief minister Ashok Gehlot," he said.
Nearly 10% voters took an exit from the current voter lists across six districts in Dhundhar region that usually shows a mixed political preferences in the elections traditionally.
However, Jaipur and Ajmer, the two districts in the region had the maximum deletions in the state with 11.11% and 10.12% respectively.
Dhundhar was followed by a traditionally BJP dominant region, Mewar, where 8.73% names have been removed.
However, the Vagad region in the state's southern tribal belt had the third highest deletions of 8.44%, despite their traditional favour to Congress and now various tribal outfits such as Bharat Adivasi Party. The fourth highest cut took place in BJP dominant Hadoti region where 8.39% names have been removed from the voter lists.
BJP state vice president Narayan Panchariya expressed his worry over the huge cuts in the BJP dominant areas. He said: "The exercise has been conducted fairly and we will continue cooperating with the Election Commission. However, looking at the upcoming assembly election in 2028, we will have to analyse the possible impacts of this deletion in our strongholds. We have asked our BLAs to review the deleted names."...
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