A BJP worker in Uttarakhand objected. Voters in Kichha who never knew him are off the roll

Newslaundry · Oct 24, 2026

This is part 2 of Newslaundry’s investigation into voter deletions in Kichha, Uttarakhand. A BJP booth-level agent filed Form 7 objections that he said were accepted on ECI’s directions. Here, we speak to voters whose names are missing from the final roll.

In Sirauli Kalan, a Muslim-dominated urban locality in the Kichha assembly constituency in Uttarakhand, Newslaundry met Kulsum, a 25-year-old mother of two, against whom Rajesh Tiwari, a BJP booth-level agent (BLA), filed a Form 7 objection and whose name was subsequently deleted from the final voter list. She didn’t even know her name had…