Assam: Raijor Dal Moves EC Over Alleged Voter Roll Plot, Submits Memo

Raijor Dal on Friday approached the Election Commission of India and the Assam Chief Electoral Officer with a formal complaint, alleging a plot to tamper with the state’s voter lists ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.

The memorandum, submitted by party president and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, calls for an immediate investigation into what the party describes as a systematic attempt by the ruling BJP to remove opposition supporters from the electoral rolls during the ongoing revision process.

According to the document, a video conference held on January 4 between 8:01 pm and 8:41 pm was attended by senior BJP leaders, including Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia and members of the state cabinet. During the meeting, it was allegedly suggested that nearly 10,000 voters identified as “anti-BJP” in each Assembly constituency should be marked for deletion from the voter list.

Gogoi claimed that party functionaries were instructed to prepare booth-level lists of such voters and that responsibility for implementing the plan in constituencies where the BJP had performed poorly was reportedly entrusted to a cabinet minister.

The Raijor Dal leader said he became aware of the alleged plan after gaining access to the virtual meeting through the account of a BJP worker. He subsequently went public with the allegations in a Facebook Live broadcast on January 5, followed by a press conference in Dibrugarh a day later.

Describing the alleged move as “electoral engineering,” Gogoi warned that the misuse of administrative mechanisms to influence voter rolls would undermine the very foundations of democracy in the state.

The memorandum further notes that despite the seriousness of the allegations, neither the Chief Minister nor senior BJP leaders have issued any categorical denial of the specific charges. It also accuses the party of refusing to make public the video recording of the January 4 meeting.

Raijor Dal has urged the Election Commission to secure all digital material related to the meeting, examine recent patterns of voter deletions across Assembly constituencies, and ensure complete transparency in the ongoing revision process. The party has additionally demanded that the Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls be suspended in Assam, citing the state’s politically and socially sensitive environment.

“The credibility of the 2026 Assembly elections rests on a fair, neutral, and transparent voter list,” the memorandum states, appealing to the Election Commission to intervene promptly to protect democratic rights.

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