New Delhi: Senior Congress chief Gurdeep Singh Sappal Tuesday stated that the names of his members of the family and himself have been deleted from the draft electoral roll in Uttar Pradesh underneath the continuing Particular Intensive Revision train within the state.

Sappal and his household had moved a 12 months in the past to Noida from UP’s Sahibabad constituency. He additionally posted on X Tuesday that his and his members of the family’ names have been within the 2003 voter record and within the final election’s voter record, and that their dad and mom’ names have been additionally within the 2003 record. They’d submitted the paperwork for inclusion within the draft roll from the Noida constituency.

In a press word issued Tuesday on the draft electoral roll, the Election Fee of India had clarified that if a voter’s identify has not been discovered within the draft voter record, Type 6 is required to be stuffed for inclusion of the identify, and submitted together with a declaration type and different required paperwork.

In response to Sappal’s X publish, the workplace of Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer affirmed the truth that Sappal now must fill out Type 6 to get his identify included within the voter record of Noida district. It stated that the scenario had arisen as a result of he had shifted homes.

गुरदीप जी धन्यवाद। आपने अपनी पोस्ट में आपके और आपके परिवार के सदस्यों का नाम वोटर लिस्ट से कटने का सही कारण भी बताया कि आप ग़ाज़ियाबाद से नोएडा शिफ़्ट कर गए हैं। BLO ने अपना कार्य सही ढंग से किया है जो आपका नाम ग़ाज़ियाबाद ज़िले की वोटर लिस्ट से काट दिया । आपको और आपके परिवार के… https://t.co/a9XLRonSGt

— CEO Uttar Pradesh (@ceoup) January 6, 2026

The workplace of CEO UP additionally posted that it could not be right to say that Sappal’s identify had been deleted from each the constituencies (previous and new), since his identify was not within the new constituency within the first place. It emphasised the truth that that is simply the draft voter record, and that the ultimate one is but to be revealed.

आपकी पोस्ट के बिन्दु संख्या 2 के बारे में यह कहना है कि जब आपका नाम नई जगह की वोटर लिस्ट में जुड़ा ही नहीं है तो आपका नाम दोनों जगहों से काटने की बात कहना सही नहीं है। जिस नई जगह आप शिफ़्ट किए हैं उस घर के पते को डालकर आप फ़ॉर्म 6 भर सकते हैं । आपकी जैसी ही स्थिति में और लोग… https://t.co/SyIu4MrIGb

— CEO Uttar Pradesh (@ceoup) January 7, 2026

Nevertheless, chatting with ThePrint, Sappal referred to as the deletion a “lifelong drawback”, saying that he would now be famous as a “new voter” in ECI data. “It’s a systemic situation within the ECI that you haven’t created a system for voters who’ve shifted their residence, regardless of submitting all of the paperwork, you might be asking them to register as new voters after SIR… which is able to wipe off my earlier document,” he stated.

“Usually, in the event you had moved inside the identical state, then ideally the shift ought to simply be finished instantly, as a result of I filed all of the papers from the brand new place,” he informed ThePrint, calling it a “systemic situation, not a private grievance”.

‘Not an unknown particular person’

In a publish on X, Sappal alleged that there are crores of voters whose names have been deleted on the identical grounds.

“Furthermore, I’m not an unknown particular person. I’ve labored as Joint Secretary to the Vice President of India and in Rajya Sabha Secretariat. I’m additionally a member of Congress Working Committee and a well-recognized face on TV. In reality, I’ve additionally been part of Congress delegations to Election Fee on SIR and different points! The BLO can be conversant in it. But our names have been deleted!” he wrote.

Draft SIR Voter Listing for Uttar Pradesh is out.

My identify and my members of the family names are deleted!

Whereas:
Our names have been in 2003 voter record
Our names have been additionally in final election’s voter record
Our dad and mom names have been additionally in 2003 voter record
We had deposited required paperwork as per…

— Gurdeep Singh Sappal (@gurdeepsappal) January 6, 2026

The Uttar Pradesh draft voter record launched by the Election Fee Tuesday proposed to delete 2.89 crore voters, or 18.7 % of the state’s current electors. That is the best deletion amongst all states and Union Territories the place the train has been performed up to now. Whereas Tamil Nadu noticed the elimination of 97.37 lakh voters (15.19 %), Gujarat had 73.73 lakh voters (14.4 %) struck off the voter record. 

Out of the entire deleted voters, 46.23 lakh (2.99 %) have been discovered to be deceased, 2.17 crore (14.06 %) absent or having shifted, and one other 25.47 lakh (1.65 %) with enrolments at a number of locations.

The submitting of claims and objections begins Tuesday, and can proceed until 6 February. In parallel, the fee is issuing notices for hearings and verifications, which is able to proceed until 27 February.

(Edited by Mannat Chugh)

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