"We conducted a one-day brief introduction before starting the SIR voters list process to explain how to carry it out systematically under constitutional guidelines," Rinwa said.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar clarified that conducting the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists before Bihar elections is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the People Act.
Asking whether the Lok Sabha elections would be held once again, Prashant Kishor said that ECI created the same voter list which was used for the Lok Sabha elections and elected the government. Now, the electoral body is investigating one to two crore people from the same voter list, stat
A day after Election Commission of India (ECI) met with the delegation of 11 parties to discuss its decision of conducting "electoral" revision ahead of the Bihar elections, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh slammed ECI stating that the meeting "ultimately" took place "under pressure".
"Firstly, the last revision was in 2003. For 22 years, more than four of five Bihar elections have happened. Were all those elections faulty?... Secondly the Special Intensive Revision which was held in 2003, was held one year before the Lok Sabha Elections, two years before the Assembly
Odisha Electoral Officer Sushil Kumar Lohani took a review of all Collectors and Sub-Collectors of Odisha regarding their preparedness for the conduct of a special campaign for electoral roll revision, which is going to start from November 9.