"Opposition should now adopt positive approach, cooperate with Election Commission": JDU leader KC Tyagi

New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Saturday urged opposition parties to cooperate with the Election Commission of India on the issue of the Special Intensive Revision exercise being carried out in Bihar.
Speaking to ANI, KC Tyagi said, "According to the Election Commission, 99.8% of voters have been registered. Those who are left out are either deceased or registered at two places. The opposition should now adopt a positive approach and cooperate with the Election Commission."
As per the latest data released by the Election Commission of India on July 25, 99.8 per cent of Bihar electors have been covered so far in the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
Forms of 7.23 crore electors have been received and digitised; the names of all these electors will be included in the Draft Electoral Roll. The digitisation of forms, along with BLO reports, of the remaining electors will also be completed by August 1, 2025, the poll body stated.
The ongoing SIR of the electoral rolls in Bihar has erupted a massive row in the country, with the opposition INDIA bloc alleging that it will delete a significant chunk of voters.
The first week of the Monsoon Session of Parliament witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments. Several opposition parliamentarians submitted adjournment motions and notices to suspend business in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The House will reconvene on July 28.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged that the SIR was being misused to quietly "erase" voters from disadvantaged and dissenting communities, as both houses of Parliament were adjourned until Monday after uproar over the exercise in the poll-bound state of Bihar.
"The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is being misused to quietly erase voters from disadvantaged and dissenting communities, tilting the balance in favour of the BJP. This is not about reform. It is about engineering outcomes. What happened in Bihar says it all: the Delhi regime knows the same electorate that once voted for it will now vote it out. That is why it is trying to stop them from voting altogether. If you cannot defeat us, you seek to delete us. Don't play with fire. Any threat to our democracy will be met with firm resistance," Stalin said in a post on X. (ANI)