The complaint accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misusing the SR exercise in collusion with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deliberately manipulate the voters’ list ahead of the upcoming elections.
The FIR was submitted to police of Friday as part of a coordinated programme by opposition parties. Leaders warned that the Special Revision process is allegedly being used to delete the names of genuine voters, posing a serious threat to democratic rights. They demanded an immediate halt to the SR and called for a transparent, impartial review of the electoral rolls.
The opposition parties alleged that the ruling party leaders are involved in deletion of a large number of genuine voters from the voter list going to be published after the SR.
The allegation came to focus after MLA Akhil Gogoi accused Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia of directing party workers to identify and delete names of voters likely not to vote for the saffron party and entrusting minister Ashok Singhal to oversee it. Mr Gogoi also cited a video conference of the BJP leaders, which the opposition wanted to be secured as a crucial piece of evidence.
“We the undersigned, representing opposition political parties would like to state that, One Hon’ble MLA of Assam Legislative Assembly belonging to opposition party stated publicly on 07.01.2026 that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had planned deletions of voters’ names in as many as 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies (LACs.). Accordingly, the President of Assam Pradesh BJP instructed the BJP MLAs to take necessary steps for deletion names in 60 LACs and also entrusted Hon’ble Minister Shri Ashok Singhal in a Zoom Meeting held on 04/01/2026. This is the evil design to delete the names of supporters of opposition parties from the Electoral Rolls. The video conference (VC) footage involving State BJP President Dilip Saikia should be secured immediately and preserved as it contains crucial evidence,” the FIR copy stated.
The opposition leaders claimed that it is “a larger conspiracy to delete the names of large number of genuine voters from the electoral rolls.”
Meanwhile, Assam BJP leader Kamal Kumar Medhi accused Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi of misleading the public with what he termed imaginary stories, describing him as “a master narrator of fairytales.”
In a statement Mr Medhi said, “For nearly two decades, Akhil Gogoi has been narrating such fairytales to the people of Assam. Although some individuals initially believe these stories, time has consistently exposed them as false.”
Assam chief minister also rejected the charges saying that electoral rolls are yet to be published. “How opposition is coming up with such allegations when electoral rolls are not published. Let them file FIR,” he said.