Prakash Raj attacks BJP over alleged voter deletions under SIR

Actor and activist Prakash Raj has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of using the Election Commission of India’s Systematic Intensive Revision process as a tool to remove voters from the rolls. Speaking at a rally against fascism in Dharwad on Sunday, Raj claimed that 13 crore voters had been deleted and effectively declared non-citizens. He called for the exercise to be opposed until it was scrapped and all voter names restored.

Raj described the alleged deletions as an attack on people’s rights rather than a matter of statistics. He said the revision was not merely an electoral strategy but an attempt to undermine constitutional rights and freedoms. He also accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of seeking to divide society and restrict political participation by communities including Dalits and Adivasis.

These were allegations made in his speech; the supplied material does not include a response from the BJP, the Election Commission or the RSS. The rally, titled “Pratirodha rally against fascism”, was organised by several organisations at the Buddha Rakhita residential school grounds on Saundatti Road. Raj urged people to move beyond speeches and express resistance through public action and social media.

Writer Kum Veerabhadrappa said the venue was significant because the school was established by Ramabai Ambedkar, wife of B.R. Ambedkar, in 1929. Congress president B.K.

Hariprasad, journalist Dinesh Aminmattu and theatre personality B.S. Suresh also spoke. The source reports Raj’s claims and political criticism but provides no independent figures confirming the alleged number of deleted voters or details of the SIR process.