The Bharatiya Janata Party faces a unique challenge as the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls heads for a wrap in Uttar Pradesh. A significant number of urban voters are applying to shift their enrolment to their native villages, a trend that could chip away at the party's strongest electoral base ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections in the state.

Top BJP leaders have been scrambling since reports emerged that submissions of enumeration forms in key urban constituencies were unusually low. A look at the reasons behind it revealed that thousands of city residents with ancestral land in rural UP were opting to shift their voter registration, fearing potential complications in land ownership if they remained enrolled only as urban voters.

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