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
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
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.
"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
The two alliances will also have to compete with a new player, Prashant Kishor and his party Jan Suraaj, which is expected to eat into the vote share of major parties
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.
The People's Assembly has 210 seats, of which 140 are voted on by electoral colleges throughout the country, with the number of seats for each district distributed by population. The remaining 70 deputies will be appointed directly by al-Sharaa.
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.
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.
"Under the chairmanship of the Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar, the discussion with all 12 recognised political parties of Bihar began with Election Commissioner Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Election Commissioner Dr. Vivek Joshi, Bihar's Chief Electoral Officer Shri Vinod G
"Local body elections are going to be held across Maharashtra. The agenda for this election will be set in today's (Thursday's) Dussehra rally. Mahayuti will achieve tremendous success in all these elections," Nirupam said on Thursday.