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Opposition leaders to protest against SIR in Parliament complex today
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Members of the INDIA bloc will hold a protest at 10.30 am on Wednesday at Makkar Dwar inside the Parliament complex, to oppose the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
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Bihar polls: SC to hear pleas challenging ECI's SIR exercise on August 12,
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms, told the apex court about the poll panel's statement that 65 lakh persons have not submitted the enumeration forms during the SIR process as they are either dead or have permanently shifted elsewhere.
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Congress MP Randeep Surjewala moves Suspension of Business notice in Rajya
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala moved a notice for Suspension of Business in the Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday, demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar.
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Bihar polls: SC asks ECI to consider Aadhaar, voter ID card in SIR of elec
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday again asked the Election Commission of India to consider including the Aadhaar card and the electoral photo identity card as admissible documents to prove the identity of voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being undertaken in Bih
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Suvendu Adhikari urges ECI to exclude domicile certificates issued after J
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Monday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner, urging him to ensure that no domicile certificates issued on or after July 25, 2025, are accepted during the Special Intensive Re
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Over 7.24 crore voters submitted forms in Bihar SIR, reflecting 91.69% par
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Commission described the SIR as a "massive and successful citizen participation effort" across the state, aimed at enhancing the accuracy of the electoral rolls ahead of upcoming assembly elections.
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Bihar SIR exercise uncovers 35 lakh untraced voters, raises concern over e
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The massive scale of untraced electors in Bihar has prompted questions about what the national SIR might uncover across India's electoral landscape. Political parties accross the spectrum have repeatedly raised issues regarding the purity of the electoral roll, especially the addition of vot
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"Election Commission's solemn duty to conduct fair elections": Congress le
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Election Commission of India is conducting a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
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Adhir Ranjan slams SIR, questions EC over 'voter deletions' in Bihar
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Chowdhury slammed the EC over the reported removal of lakhs of names from the electoral rolls.
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"Govt should not give excuses...": Congress' Gaurav Gogoi demands discussi
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Gogoi emphasised that there are provisions under which the electoral process can be discussed in the House.
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"Why was SIR brought?" asks TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar has erupted a massive row in the country, with the opposition INDIA bloc alleging that it will delete a significant chunk of voters.
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"If you cannot defeat us, you seek to delete us," CM MK Stalin amid protes
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged that Special Intensive Revision is being misused to quietly "erase" voters from disadvantaged and dissenting communities as both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till Monday after uproar over the exercise in the poll-bound Bihar.
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