Congress Raises Concerns Over Voter Registration Issues in Indian State

The Congress, citing reports till October 31, 2026, said that a total of 59,56,574 notices have been issued in the state. In these, the hearing of 40,25,102 voters has been completed, while the hearing in 19,31,472 cases is pending. While 5,06,625 notices have not been delivered to the voters so far. State in-charge K. Raju said that permanent resident certificates are not being issued in many blocks. People are also facing problems in getting caste certificates, family registers and genealogies made. Due to this, eligible voters are not able to submit the required documents on time. The memorandum also raised the issue of increasing workload on BLOs and technical glitches in the BLO app. According to the Congress, in many cases, the online status seems to be pending and notices are being sent to the voters again. The party demanded an immediate solution to these problems. State president Keshav Kamlesh Mahto said that due to the availability of Diwali, Chhath Bhaiya and Chhath Puja festivals, it is difficult to accept all the resident certificates pending hearing.