BRS Urges Election Commission to Use AI and Aadhaar to Clean Telangana Electoral Rolls
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has formally requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deploy advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and Aadhaar-enabled verification, to eliminate duplicate voters across Telangana. In a representation submitted to the Chief Election Commissioner ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026, the party highlighted the urgent need to clean up electoral rolls across all 119 Assembly constituencies in the state.
The representation was signed and submitted by MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra, former MP B Vinod Kumar, and the party’s legal expert Soma Bharat Kumar. The BRS leaders emphasized that the upcoming SIR-2026 offers a historic opportunity to establish a clean, accurate, and legally sustainable electoral roll based on the "One Citizen-One Vote" principle.
According to the BRS, a preliminary analysis conducted by the party indicated that suspected duplicate and multiple registrations exist in every single Assembly constituency in Telangana. The party's analysis found an average of approximately 16,243 suspected duplicate entries per constituency. The number of suspected duplicates ranges from 2,464 to 53,695 across different constituencies.
The party categorized the suspected duplicate cases into four distinct groups. These include multiple registrations within the same Assembly constituency, duplicates within the same Parliamentary constituency, registrations across different Assembly constituencies within Telangana, and voters who hold registrations simultaneously in both Telangana and neighbouring states.
The BRS specifically pointed out the ongoing issue of voters maintaining active electoral registrations in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh following the bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh state. The party requested the ECI to identify and resolve these specific cross-state cases.
To address these discrepancies, the BRS urged the ECI to implement Aadhaar-enabled verification where legally permissible, AI-assisted matching, facial recognition, and GIS-based verification software. The party also recommended using de-duplication software alongside physical field verification to ensure accuracy.
However, the BRS stressed that the primary goal of the exercise must be to eliminate duplicate entries without disenfranchising genuine electors. The representation clarified that the identified duplicates are currently only suspected cases. The party urged the commission to ensure that no voter's name is deleted without undergoing the statutory verification process and proper legal procedures.
