Graduate MLC voter registration in Hyderabad has come under renewed scrutiny after former minister and BRS deputy floor leader Talasani Srinivas Yadav urged election officials to take direct responsibility for enrolling every eligible graduate ahead of the upcoming elections. Yadav led a BRS delegation that met chief electoral officer Sudharshan Reddy at BRK Bhavan on Monday and submitted a memorandum alleging delays and gaps in the registration process.
The delegation said the enrolment drive required closer supervision by the Election Commission and coordination between Central and state government employees. Addressing a press conference later, Yadav alleged that Booth Level Officers had not been appointed despite the voter-registration deadline ending on November 6. He was joined by MLCs Dasoju Sravan and Surabhi Vani Devi and MLA Kaleru Venkatesh.
According to the figures cited by Yadav, around 1.10 lakh voters were registered in Hyderabad during the previous Graduate MLC elections, while only about 23,000 applications had been received so far for the upcoming polls. He also said election officials had reported receiving 5.27 lakh applications from the erstwhile Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Mahabubnagar districts, but that verification of those applications had not yet begun.
The gap between applications received and applications verified has become a central concern in the dispute. The BRS delegation alleged that the Election Commission had not conducted sufficient publicity or awareness campaigns to inform eligible graduates about the registration process. Yadav also questioned why voters who had participated in earlier Graduate MLC elections were required to register again, saying officials had not provided a satisfactory explanation.
The process has also raised questions about how applications collected in groups are handled. Yadav alleged that election officials were refusing to accept bulk applications gathered by BRS workers and were instead insisting that individual applicants submit their forms in person. He demanded that the Commission deploy additional staff and conduct a door-to-door campaign to identify and register eligible graduates.
Graduate constituencies have a distinct enrolment process, making administrative communication and timely verification particularly important for participation. The allegations made by the BRS delegation have not been independently established in the supplied report, while the Election Commission’s detailed response to each claim was not provided. Yadav also referred to concerns over voter deletions under the SIR programme and said the chief minister had acknowledged that registration was progressing slowly.
The immediate issue is whether the remaining applications can be processed and verified in time for the election schedule. The BRS has called for corrective measures, additional personnel and a supervised enrolment campaign, while the next formal steps depend on the Election Commission’s response and the status of application verification.
