Who filed 77% of Form 7s in Delhi’s Mustafabad? BJP BLAs named as ‘objectors’ deny them

Booth Level Officer (BLO) hands over an Enumeration Form during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). File

Individuals named as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-appointed Booth Level Agents (BLAs), and listed as ‘objectors’ in at least 77% of the total 1,021 deletion applications filed so far in Delhi’s Mustafabad constituency, have largely denied any association with filing Form 7s as part of the continuing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the city.

The Hindu contacted all 20 BLAs registered with the BJP, according to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) records, who are named as filing the 787 Form 7s, which cite reasons such as “absent/permanently shifted”, “already enrolled” and “death” to seek the deletion of electors’ names.

All the applications are against Muslim electors. In all, 16 of the 20 denied having filed or signed any forms since the claims and objections phase began on August 31, 2026. Almost all of them said they had no knowledge of forms being filled out in their names.

The 787 applications account for 94% of the 837 deletion applications filed by third parties, according to the publicly available list of Form 7s on the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) website. Form 7 is used to seek the deletion of existing names from the electoral roll, or to object to the inclusion of names.

One such BLA, Ankit Yadav, named as an objector in 32 Form 7 applications, not only denied filing any of them but said he had submitted a complaint and his formal resignation as BLA to party representatives.

“I got to know on Sunday that my details have been used to seek deletions of my neighbours belonging to the Muslim community. I know all of them, and we live like family and friends here in this neighbourhood, which has only a couple of Hindu households,” he said.

He said the area Booth Level Officer (BLO) had asked him if he had received any OTP, which is not required for offline submissions. “I could see multiple SMS that BLOs have been assigned for form verification, and there were long reference numbers,” he said. “When I called the local BJP councillor, who occasionally convened meetings with party workers, he dismissed my concern, saying I should ignore it and let things be as they are. He said he would take care of it later,” Mr. Yadav said.

With the help of the area BLO, The Hindu verified that all the electors concerned live at their registered addresses. The BLO also said he had not received any physical copies of Form 7s. “When I had taken the role of BLA six months ago, I was told that my work would be to help the BLOs and voters in the area. How can they use my details and pose me as ‘fraud’?” Mr. Yadav asked.

The Hindu reported on October 30, 2026, that BJP BLAs had been named as objectors in applications seeking the deletion of Muslim electors who were found living at their addresses in Mustafabad during the paper’s visit. One of the objectors, Chandra Shekhar Nainwal, named in applications concerning 28 Muslim electors, had denied filing them and said he was not associated with the BJP. Four other BLAs said they were no longer associated with the BJP in that capacity.

The 16 BJP BLAs who denied filing the applications include Neeraj Sharma, named as objector in 56 applications so far, Satya Bhama (54), Himanshu (52), Abhishek Mishra (47), Nitin Kumar (40), Ajay Singh Bhati (39), Deshraj (35), Raman (35), Manish Negi (34), Mohan Madan (33), Raj Kumar (33), Ankit Yadav (32), Sawar Singh (32), Kapil (31) and Gangan Papnai (14).

Mr. Sharma said he received a call from the Electoral Registration Officer’s (ERO) office on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) seeking clarification about the objections, but denied filing them. The Hindu had accessed a few Form 7s, duly filled and signed in the names of BJP BLAs, including that of Nitin Kumar. Mr. Kumar, while denying filing any of the forms, said he had received SMSs relating to verification. “The area is not even mine where applications in my name are showing,” he said.

BJP BLA Robin Singh Dhama, named as an objector in 57 cases, is an exception. He acknowledged filing Form 7 applications and claimed to have submitted “500 of those”. He said: “These people don’t live in the area, so why are they on the voter list? I have so far filed 500 such forms.”

The telephone number listed for BJP BLA Shashi was reportedly a wrong number. A person who answered the number and shared his name said: “I have already submitted multiple complaints seeking its removal.” Shashi has been named as an objector in 59 cases, including 10 listed on November 3. Manoj Kumar, named as an objector in 43 applications, and Tribhuvan Dixit, named in 26, could not be reached.

All these objections were received after the ECI introduced, on October 9, 2026, a cap of 10 Form 7 applications from an individual elector during the entire claims and objections period. While BLAs are permitted to submit bulk applications of up to 10 forms a day, the provision covers forms filled by other electors and submitted along with an undertaking by the BLA.

Senior ECI officials had earlier told The Hindu that BLAs filing Form 7 applications in their own names as objectors, without the prescribed undertaking for bulk submissions, were subject to the ECI’s October 9 directive. In the directive, the ECI also said that “in case the ERO finds that the complaint is false/fabricated, he shall proceed to take action against the applicant who has knowingly made a false statement or declaration in writing in the Form 7 as per the provisions of the RP Act.”

The forms naming these 20 BLAs as objectors were filed without the prescribed BLA undertaking, or the format prescribed for them, The Hindu has learnt.

The District Election Officer (DEO), the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer and the ECI did not respond to questions from The Hindu. In an earlier response, the DEO had said that all deletion claims would be physically verified by the BLO and the ERO/Assistant ERO, and that action would be taken against those found to be false or “mischievous”.