Owaisi urges Telangana to issue residence certificates for voters during electoral roll revision
HYDERABAD: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday urged the Telangana government to issue Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) or Family Register Certificates to eligible residents to help them establish their identity during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Owaisi met Telangana Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju and submitted a representation seeking the certificates. He was accompanied by the chairman and vice-chairman of the Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society.
He requested the state government, led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, to use its executive powers under Article 162 of the Constitution to introduce the certificates. According to Owaisi, the move would help genuine voters who do not possess the documents required during the SIR exercise.
Karnataka model cited as example for Telangana
Referring to Karnataka, Owaisi said the Congress government there issues Permanent Residence Certificates under the Karnataka Sakala Services Act, 2011. He urged Telangana to adopt a similar mechanism.
I met @TelanganaCS along with @FaheemQureshinc and demanded that @revanth_anumula government must consider issuing PRC or Family Register Certificate to electors of Telangana in the ongoing SIR in Telangana under Article 162
If @revanth_anumula accepts it will be beneficial to…— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) July 10, 2026
In a post on X, Owaisi said, “If Revanth Reddy accepts, it will be beneficial to poor people of Telangana in getting their names in the final SIR list, which will save them many troubles and inconvenience.”
The representation follows Owaisi’s recent demand that the Telangana government introduce PRCs to ensure eligible voters are not excluded from the electoral rolls during the revision process.
Earlier this week, he said he had been unable to secure an appointment with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy but had discussed the proposal with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.
AIMIM says many residents lack required documents
Owaisi suggested that PRCs could be issued based on the presence of a person’s parents’ or grandparents’ names in electoral rolls or through supporting documents such as Aadhaar, Public Distribution System (PDS) ration cards and school records.
The Hyderabad MP claimed that around 50 people had been approaching AIMIM every day over the past two months, stating that they did not possess the documents sought during the SIR exercise.
While supporting the removal of duplicate entries, deceased voters and other ineligible names from the electoral rolls, Owaisi said genuine voters should not lose their franchise because they are unable to produce documentary proof.
He also criticised the ruling Congress, saying it was out of touch with the difficulties faced by poor people if it failed to recognise that many residents did not possess all the required documents.
