Transgender activist Ranjita Sinha sees hope in the initiative, urging authorities to introduce simpler documentation rules and dedicated support so every transgender person can seamlessly update their gender identity and fully participate in the voter list revision.
As part of the preparations, BJP general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh arrived on Thursday evening at the party's state headquarters, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan in Guwahati.
"After every defeat, you need to conduct an honest introspection. We, too, have gone through defeats. We honestly introspected on where we went wrong? So many days have passed since then, but these people (opposition) haven't introspected even now. These people are still blaming vote thef
"The collective effort of all opposition parties is to ensure that the voter list is prepared properly. In Bihar, the RJD, despite being a popular party, lost all those seats where the most votes were deleted through SIR. At a time when there are the most weddings, SIR is underway in Utta
Samrat Choudhary, the Deputy Chief Minister and a BJP leader, has been given charge of the Home department. Kumar will not handle the Home department for the first time since he came to power in 2005.
The Supreme Court has sought the Election Commission of India's (ECI) response to a batch of pleas filed by various petitioners including the Kerala government challenging the ECI's decision to carry out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of the voter roll in the Kerala.
The Governor's sharp remarks came shortly after State Election Commissioner Anil Khachi submitted a sealed report to him on the status of the panchayat polls, a move that has pushed the issue directly into Raj Bhawan.
Congress workers in Bihar staged a protest in Patna on Friday, expressing anger against State Congress chief Rajesh Ram and the party's Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru following the Mahagathbandhan's poor performance in the state elections.
Of the nearly 50.97 crore electors as of October 27, the number of enumeration forms distributed for the second phase of the SIR drive remains at 50.43 crore, the EC said in its daily bulletin.
Paswan said that the LJP(RV) systematically built its structure in every district of Bihar, ensuring deep grassroots outreach that contributed to the impressive NDA performance.