Hyderabad, June 25 -- Sometime in the next few weeks, there will be a knock on your door. The person standing outside will be a Booth Level Officer (BLO), one of thousands deployed across Telangana as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, carrying enumeration forms with your name, address and photograph on them. What you do next could determine whether you remain on the voter roll or not.

With nearly 40 per cent of Hyderabad voters potentially facing SIR notices over anomalies, anxiety is running high. Opposition parties have questioned whether the exercise, which runs until October 1, can be completed fairly or on time. There are also concerns about what recourse voters have if their names are struck off.

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