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Pon Vasanth B.A

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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Pon Vasanth B.A. , Devyanshi Bihani &

    One-third of Delhi’s 70 ACs have fewer electors than the turnout in 2025 Assembly polls (opens the original)

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    In more than one third of the 70 constituencies in Delhi, the number of deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process has been so high that the draft roll in these 24 seats have been left with fewer electors than the actual number of those who voted in the February 2025 Assembly elections – the most recently held in the Union Territory. These 24 ACs together had 49.1 lakh voters when Delhi went to polls, of which 28.9 lakh (58.9%) voted. However, the 24 ACs now have only 27.7 l

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Pon Vasanth B.A. & Nitika Francis

    SIR: Glaring oddities in Maharashtra’s deletion patterns (opens the original)

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    Analyses of constituency-wise deletions and lists of deletions in Maharashtra after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls have revealed several oddities, indicating high chances of aggressive and arbitrary deletions. The draft SIR roll released on August 31, showed that a total of 2.07 crore electors have been dropped from the 288 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) of Maharashtra, which is 21.14% of the 9.79 crore electors whose names were there on the pre-S

  3. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Pon Vasanth B.A.

    Deletions in recent SIRs suggest arbitrary application of reasons (opens the original)

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    The draft electoral rolls released after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Telangana and Karnataka have not only raised concerns of aggressive deletions, but analysis indicates wide variations and arbitrariness in the reasons given for the deletion of names. The two States have seen the highest share of deletions in the draft SIR rolls among the major States. Telangana and Karnataka, which had 3.38 crore and 5.54 crore electors before the SIR respectively,

  4. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Pon Vasanth B.A. , Nitika Francis &

    Deletions in Karnataka’s draft SIR rolls alarming | Data (opens the original)

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    The draft electoral rolls released after the completion of the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Karnataka on Monday (August 24, 2026) has revealed alarming levels of deletions, unprecedented when compared with other major States that saw high deletions during the enumeration phase. With the deletion of 1.08 crore names from the rolls, the State, with 224 Assembly Constituencies (ACs), saw its electoral rolls shrinking by 19.5% from 5.54 crore to 4.46 crore — which i

  5. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Pon Vasanth B.A.

    PM CARES Fund: Donations drop, interests accrue, utilisation abysmal (opens the original)

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    The audited financial statements of Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund, released together on Tuesday for the financial years of 2023-24 and 2024-25 after a delay of two years, showed that while donations have dropped the utilisation of available funds was abysmally low. The corpus grew by 25.8% between 2022-23 and 2024-25 from ₹ 6,722 crore to ₹ 8,453 crore. However, in the same period, the utilisation dropped from ₹437.9 crore to just ₹87.5 la

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