The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission to continue with its exercise of conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
"When the BJP is nearing its defeat in the Bihar election, it has descended into dishonesty. If neither Aadhaar nor the Ration Card is acceptable, then what is? A memorandum from the BJP office?" Tiwari said while speaking to ANI.
A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi agreed to hear the pleas on July 10, along with other pending petitions. Advocate Vrinda Grover and another advocate mentioned for urgent listing.
Slamming the RJD-Congress alliance for politicising the electoral roll revision process in Bihar, senior BJP leader and MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that the Opposition's call for a statewide 'chakka jam' on July 9 will only heighten tensions at a time when the state needs peace.
The Bihar assembly LoP asserted that despite being a three-time MP and a Union Minister, Chirag Paswan has not done anything other than saying "absurd" things.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) move to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Motihari in Bihar on July 18, Bihar BJP chief Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said on Monday. This will mark PM Modi's 53rd visit to Bihar.
Former Union Cabinet Minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, saying that "the Made in Islamabad terror toys are proving terrible for the tenets of Islam and a tragedy for Islamabad."