IUML Moves Supreme Court to Halt ECI’s “Targeted” Voter Deletion Drive in Kerala
Kerala Muslim League moves SC to block ECI’s voter-list revision.
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a key ally of the Congress-led UDF in Kerala, on Monday moved the Supreme Court with an urgent special leave petition demanding an immediate nationwide stay on the Election Commission of India’s controversial State Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging it is nothing short of a targeted “voter deletion drive” designed to disenfranchise thousands just weeks before crucial local body elections.
Filed personally by IUML national general secretary and former minister PK Kunhalikutty, the 40-page petition accuses the ECI of acting with “mala fide intent and ulterior political motives” by selectively imposing the intensive revision only on Kerala — and scheduling it exactly between November 4 and December 4, 2025 — a period that deliberately coincides with the final preparation phase for local body polls already notified on November 11, with voting fixed for December 9 and 11 and counting on December 13.
Citing the heartbreaking suicide of 34-year-old Booth Level Officer Aneesh George, who was under immense pressure to complete door-to-door verification in record time, IUML told the apex court that hundreds of BLOs across the state are being threatened with disciplinary action and salary cuts, creating panic and leading to arbitrary deletion of genuine voters, particularly from minority and migrant communities who form the traditional support base of the UDF.
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The party argued that conducting SIR while the Model Code of Conduct is already in force blatantly violates Supreme Court judgments on level playing field and constitutional guarantees under Articles 14, 21 and 326, warning that unless stayed immediately, lakhs of eligible voters could be removed from the rolls by December 4, permanently altering the outcome of the high-stakes panchayat, municipality and corporation elections.
Demanding urgent listing before a vacation bench, IUML has sought interim ex-parte relief directing the ECI to suspend the SIR in Kerala forthwith and restore all deleted names until a detailed hearing, asserting that any further continuation of the “politically loaded” exercise will cause irreparable injury to democracy in the state.
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