Bulk forms were filed to delete 15,663 voters in Gujarat’s Somnath assembly constituency last month. Most of these targeted individuals were Muslim, according to documents exclusively accessed by Newslaundry.

This seat saw a tight contest in the 2022 assembly polls, where Congress’s Vimalbhai Chudasma defeated BJP’s Mansingh Parmar by just 922 votes. ECI data shows a total of 2.6 lakh voters; of these, local Congress party workers estimate that Muslims form a prominent bloc of more than 50,000.

Of the 15,663 Form-7 applications, a staggering number appeared to be pre-filled and then submitted by just 269 people. 

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