Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission of India in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections.
The Election Commission had said on Sunday that out of 7.89 crore registered voters in Bihar, over 7.24 crore electors have submitted their enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) held from June 24 to July 25
This comes after expelled RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav announced to contest as an independent candidate from the Mahua seat in the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.
"Chirag Paswan and Prashant Kishor have joined hands. Prashant Kishor should announce Chirag Paswan as the Chief Minister... Everyone knows that if they win even a few seats, it will cause trouble for the JDU and trouble for Nitish ji. If Chirag ji doesn't like it there, we will welcome h
Jaiswal's remarks came during an ongoing review of the Special Intensive Revision drive conducted by the Election Commission to clean up the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.
The Monsoon session of Parliament is set to witness heated debates as the Opposition parties look to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack, demanding accountability from the government, and to bring up the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar ahead of the upcoming as
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday emphasised that there is no "baahubali" in his party and mentioned that children of "common" people will contest elections from the Jan Suraaj party.
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, scheduled to be held later this year, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has reiterated his attack on Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal, saying that there are allegations against the latter for committing "heinous crimes", which he will expose.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lambasted the INDIA bloc partners, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, for halting the state's development and appealed voters to "protect" the state from their "malicious" intentions ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, due later this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off four new Amrit Bharat trains in Bihar's Motihari on Friday and also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects worth over Rs 7,200 crore.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to poll-bound Bihar, state BJP President Dilip Jaiswal stated that the Prime Minister will dedicate projects worth over 7,000 crores to the public.
The Election Commission reported on Thursday that 89.7 per cent of the existing electors have submitted their enumeration forms during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.