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Tejashwi Yadav raises concerns over revision of electoral rolls in Bihar a
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav raised concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar after meeting with the Election Commission.
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"30-40 lakh Biharis returning for Diwali, Chhath may miss voting": Prashan
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has raised objections to the timing of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, stating that it could result in the exclusion of a large number of voters who return to the state only during the festive season.
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"CEC stated to delegation 20% exclusion is likely to happen": Pawan Khera
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Khera said, "Gyanesh Gupta clearly stated to the delegation that we believe a 20% exclusion is likely to happen. When they intend to exclude, what can we do? Their intentions are clear, not Gupta's but those of those above him... It took one year, from 2003 to 2004, when
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ECI meets representatives of political parties
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Commission, under the Chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, heard the concerns, issues and queries raised by the party representatives and decoded for them, the entire Special Intensive Re
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CEC Gyanesh Kumar says Special Intensive Revision in Bihar is "on schedule
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Gyanesh Kumar, has affirmed that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar is progressing smoothly and as per schedule.
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"Voter list revision in Bihar undermines constitutional rights, electoral
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a release, Madani warned that this "hasty and unclear process based on arbitrary and one-sided instructions" could disenfranchise millions of citizens, particularly migrant workers, minorities, and marginalised communities, by depriving them of their fundamental right to vote.
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UP: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav inaugurates new SP office in Azam
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, while inaugurating the new SP office in Azamgarh on Thursday, took a dig at the BJP, saying that whenever elections are held in Bihar, some parties try to distract the public by speaking against reservation, the Constitution, socialism, and secu
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"Fear of crushing defeat in upcoming polls": BJP slams INDIA bloc over Bih
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A day earlier, delegation of INDIA bloc leaders from 11 political parties met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the national capital to register their opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar, calling it the "worst atta
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Exercise done to ensure integrity of electoral process: BJP on Bihar elect
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The ECI has claimed that the SIR is only meant to verify voters and to identify any 'ineligible voters' ahead of the Assembly elections which are expected to be held later this year in Bihar. However, multiple political parties part of the Opposition, including Congress and Bihar's Rashtriya
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"Worst attack on Constitution": INDIA bloc delegation meets with ECI regar
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"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
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"VOTE-Bandi" in Bihar as reflected in SIR will destroy our democracy: Jair
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Noting that the Election Commission "undermined" the basis of the democratic system in the last six months, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the poll body will "destroy" the country's democracy.
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Opposition parties meet EC, raise concerns over Special Intensive Revision
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
INDIA bloc parties, including the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Party, the Communist Party of India and others on Wednesday strongly objected to Election Commission's decision to carry out 'Special Intensive Revision' of electoral rolls in Bihar when elections are round th
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