Prakash Raj Voter Row
2026-08-12
BJP-critical press highlights exclusion concerns, while BJP-leaning press emphasizes standard administrative verification procedures.
The story
- Actor Prakash Raj alleged his name was deleted from the Bengaluru electoral roll on August 11.
- The city corporation marked his status as 'Shifted' after house-to-house verification.
- The ongoing 'Special Intensive Revision' aims to identify deceased, shifted, or duplicate voters.
What we read in the BJP-critical press
- Deccan Herald: 'Game on': Actor Prakash Raj says his name 'deleted' from voter list amid ongoing SIR in Karnataka
- National Herald: ‘Game on’: Prakash Raj claims loss of voting rights after Karnataka SIR
What we read in the BJP-leaning press
- New Indian Express: Actor Prakash Raj's name not deleted from electoral roll, Bengaluru civic body clarifies
Straight reports we used for the facts
- Deccan Chronicle: SIR: Prakash Raj Claims Name Deleted From Bengaluru Electoral Rolls
- Economic Times: Prakash Raj claims name deleted from voter rolls
- Hindustan Times: Prakash Raj claims name dropped in Bengaluru voters' list after SIR: 'Kya kya kaagaz dikhana padega'
- Mint: Prakash Raj claims his name deleted from Bengaluru voter list during SIR: 'I was born here, was an MP candidate'
- NDTV: "Joke's Nice, Game On": Prakash Raj Claims Name Deleted From Voter List Amid SIR
- New Indian Express: Actor Prakash Raj claims his name deleted from electoral rolls in Bengaluru during SIR process
- The Hindu: SIR: Actor Prakash Raj claims his name deleted from electoral rolls in Bengaluru
- The News Minute: Prakash Raj claims his Bengaluru voter entry was deleted under ASDDO during SIR
- The Telegraph India: Prakash Raj says name deleted from Bengaluru electoral roll during Karnataka SIR - telegraphindia.com
- Times Now: ‘Game On’: Prakash Raj Claims His Name Deleted From Bengaluru Electoral Rolls During SIR