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The EC has consistently rejected allegations of irregularities, insisting that the SIR aims to cleanse the voters’ list.
The timing of this exercise is being viewed as important in the context of the 2026 assembly polls in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry.
Kerala has 2.78 crore voters of which overseas electors number is 90,124 and general electors include 2.77 crore. There are 1.34 male voters and 1.43 female electors.
While journalists on poll-day coverage and those involved in essential services have been using postal ballots during assembly elections, the facility has been extended for Lok Sabha polls.
The move comes a day after the government called a special session of Parliament between September 18 and 22.
The Samajwadi Party and Congress have accused Owaisi, who has been a spoiler in recent Lok Sabha and assembly elections, of fielding candidates to split the anti-BJP votes.
The police have arrested a gang of six persons involved in the crime and the prime accused is allegedly linked to the BJP.
The massive crowds were seen by some as a revival of the Left Front, gasping for breath following a string of electoral debacles ever since it lost power in 2011, after ruling the state for more than three decades.
Currently, BJP holds 16 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, Congress 10 and JD(S) 2.
The region, comprising five states and two Union territories, is a battleground where non-BJP parties hold sway.
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