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SIR is an issue in Bihar polls, checking citizenship is Home Ministry's jo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Asserting that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an issue in the Bihar assembly polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that the exercise carried out by the Election Commission was done in "a hurry" and that checking citizenship is the mandate of the Home Min
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No appeals received by DM on addition or deletion of names in electoral ro
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar on Friday informed that during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Campaign, 2025 in the state, no appeals were received by the District Magistrate regarding the addition or deletion of names in the electoral roll by the Electoral Registration Officer
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"Let SIR happen first, then NRC will happen": WB BJP leader Rahul Sinha hi
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"Let the SIR happen first, and then the NRC will happen. CM, rest assured, the SIR is not being done to delete the names of genuine voters. You gave shelter to Muslim infiltrators from Bangladesh and added the names of Rohingya Muslims to the voter list, people who have died have been add
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ECI allows 12 alternative photo IDs apart from EPIC for voting; announces
Updated : 5 months ago IST
These documents include, "Aadhaar Card; MNREGA Job Card; Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office; Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour/ Ayushman Bharat Health Card; Driving License; PAN Card; Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR; Indian Pass
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BJP strongly criticises Mamata Banerjee's remarks on SIR and Amit Shah, ac
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders strongly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her recent opposition to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and comparison of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Mir Zafar.
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Bihar SIR: SC asks state legal service authority to assist excluded voters
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Bihar State Legal Service Authority (BSLSA) to issue directions to its district-level body for assisting voters excluded from the final electoral rolls after the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in filing appeals with the Election Com
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"INDIA alliance will perform well in Bihar": Congress MP Deepender Hooda a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Deepender Hooda said, "We have faith that the INDIA alliance will perform well in Bihar. The way 65 lakh votes were removed and 25 lakh votes were added, the same was done in Haryana before the elections. BJP is doing this in partnership with the Election Commission, but
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Bihar SIR: Most of the names added to final list are of new voters, ECI to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that final electoral list in the recently-concluded Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar has been notified and most of the names added in final list are of new voters and few old voters.
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EC has no courage to tell how many non-citizens were removed from Bihar vo
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"Much was made of the need of the SIR exercise to remove non-citizens from the electoral roll. The EC has not had the integrity or the courage to enlighten the country on how many such non-citizens in Bihar were removed from the electoral roll. If it had done so, it would have been even m
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EC should confirm identity of "parda nasheen" women turning up at booths:
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The party has also requested the poll body to conduct elections in only one or two phases, citing the disruption to institutions and the increasing expenditure to candidates and political parties.
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'ECI functioning as B-team of BJP': Jairam Ramesh claims irregularities in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress' General Secretary in charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, on Saturday claimed irregularities in the final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision of the list in Bihar.
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Bihar SIR: CEC Gyanesh Kumar thanks key stakeholders as ECI publishes elec
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar expressed gratitude towards all the electors, political parties and other key stakeholders involved in the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Bihar, as the Election Commission issued the final electoral roll ahead of the Assembly elec
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