Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday claimed that Congress leaders are saying that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi "led to the debacle of the party" by questioning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Addressing a public meeting in Jhanjharpur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of protecting "infiltrators", and asserted that the BJP will weed out such names from Bihar's electoral rolls as well as the entire country.
Vadra criticised the government's failure to address unemployment in Bihar, leading to mass migration of people to other parts of the country. She pointed out that people from Bihar can be found working in various states, from Kerala to Kashmir.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, with the final voter list to be published on February 7, 2026, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Monday
The opposition has voiced strong criticism of the move, with the ruling Trinamool Congress TMC in West Bengal alleging that the exercise will "snatch the voting rights of voters"
Union Minister and BJP's Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday slammed Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for levelling allegations against the Election Commission of India, saying he "belittles" a Constitutional body and Indian democracy.
The advocate informed that the Supreme Court had issued a notice to the Election Commission and scheduled the matter for further hearing on September 15.
The EC received 118 claims and objections in total from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2025 of the electoral rolls in Bihar.
Amid a row that erupted over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Friday said that his party have no opposition to SIR itself, but rather to its manner, timing, and intent, and Voter Adhikar Yatra is result of that.
According to the ECI's daily bulletin on Wednesday, political parties have submitted a total of 53 claims and objections regarding the draft electoral roll, all of which are from the CPI(ML) Liberation. From yesterday, the number of claims and objections filed by political parties has increa
According to the ECI, this translates to an average daily collection rate of about 1.64 per cent. With the deadline set for September 1, only 0.89 per cent of electors have yet to submit their documents.
The Election Commission has received documents of 98.2 per cent of electors in Bihar with eight days left in the Claims, Objections and Documents period of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the state, the ECI said on Sunday.