Dehradun Police Detain Protesters Marching Over Alleged Voter List Deletions
Civil society and women's groups marching in Dehradun against alleged deletions of voter names under the 2026 Special Intensive Revision were stopped and detained by police before reaching the chief electoral officer's office.
Current Summary
Members of social, women's, student and civil society organisations were detained in Dehradun on Monday while taking out a march against the 2026 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding restoration of names deleted from voter lists. The march, organised by the Uttarakhand Insaniyat Manch and Uttarakhand Mahila Manch, began at Gandhi Park with plans to submit a memorandum to the Uttarakhand chief electoral officer, but protesters were stopped by police near the Secretariat. Organisations including Agragami Chhatra Naujawan Sabha, Stri Mukti League, BGVS, Janwadi Mahila Sangathan, Jan Samvad, AIDSO, SFI, Mahila Ekta Kendra and IPTA took part. Organisers said a scuffle broke out when protesters were stopped, and that police pushed them onto buses and detained them, including Kamla Pant, Nirmala Bisht and Dr Ravi Chopra. Protester Ayas Khan claimed around 17.05 lakh names were deleted and 4.01 lakh added during the pre-SIR and SIR processes in Uttarakhand, compared with the electoral roll used for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and questioned whether affected voters had been adequately notified before removal.
What We Know
- Civil society and women's groups marched in Dehradun on Monday against alleged voter list deletions under the 2026 SIR process
- Police stopped the march near the Secretariat and detained several protesters, including Kamla Pant, Nirmala Bisht and Dr Ravi Chopra
- A protester claimed around 17.05 lakh names were deleted and 4.01 lakh added during the SIR process compared with the 2024 Lok Sabha rolls
- The memorandum addressed to the chief electoral officer could not be submitted
What Is Still Unclear
- Official confirmation of the claimed deletion and addition figures
- Election Commission's response to the detentions and the deletion claims
- Whether detained protesters have been released or charged
What Changed
- 12 Oct, 05:31 pmSignal detected: Dehradun Police Detain Protesters Marching Over Alleged Voter List Deletions