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Manish Sisodia was detained on Saturday during a big AAP protest outside the Election Commission office in Chandigarh. The party raised serious questions over alleged vote chori and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.

Senior AAP leaders including Punjab President Aman Arora, Cabinet Ministers Harpal Singh Cheema and Baljit Kaur, and party media in-charge Baltej Pannu joined the protest. Protesters demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and called for stronger protection of citizens' voting rights.

Sisodia did not hold back. He accused the BJP-led Centre and the Election Commission of harming democratic rights through irregularities in the voter-list revision process. Voting rights belong to citizens, he said, and cannot be taken away arbitrarily.

Punjab BJP chief Kewal Singh Dhillon hit back hard, saying AAP itself has been guilty of vote theft during municipal elections. He pointed to Supreme Court-ordered re-elections in Patiala, Moga and Baghapurana as proof. They should be ashamed, he added.

The Chandigarh protest is part of a larger political push over voter-list revisions and demands for accountability from the Election Commission.

Electoral roll updates in Punjab are going fast. Officials finished home visits in Moga, Balachaur, and Faridkot. This process includes 14 assembly constituencies like Banga, Balachaur, and Dhuri. Data for 1.90 crore voters is ready.

Upcoming roll schedule

Chief Electoral Officer Anindita Mitra confirmed that teams expect to finish by July 31, ahead of the August 3 deadline. This work is very important to make sure every eligible voter is on the list. After this phase, officials will spend 10 days organizing polling stations. Draft lists will be published on August 13, and the final list will follow on October 12.

Special Intensive Revision 2026 is moving well in Punjab. Officials say 98% of enumeration forms have reached households. Also, 40% of voter mapping data is now digital.

Deputy election commissioner Bhanu Prakash Yeturu and chief electoral officer Anindita Mitra held a review meeting in Ludhiana. They met with district election officers from areas like SBS Nagar, Faridkot, Moga, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Sri Muktsar Sahib, and Malerkotla.

Voter mapping progress

The main aim is to make sure every voter is correctly mapped in the system. Local officials are working to finish the rest of the work on time.