Chandigarh, July 2 -- Haryana chief electoral officer (CEO) A Sreenivas on Wednesday termed the reports circulating on social media about "large-scale deletion of voters' names from the electoral roll" as "misleading and baseless". In a statement issued here, the CEO said that the objective of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is to ensure that every eligible Indian citizen is included in the electoral roll while preventing the inclusion of any ineligible person. The CEO appealed to all citizens not to believe rumours, misleading information, or false propaganda, and to ensure that they submit their signed enumeration form within the prescribed timeline. He said that till 2pm on July 1, 2026, 95.09% enumeration forms had been distributed across Haryana, while 32.66% had already been digitised. "Existing voters who submit the signed enumeration form will have their names included in the preliminary electoral roll," the CEO said. Sreenivas added that during the claims and objections period from July 21 to August 20, every eligible citizen will have an opportunity to present their case....