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Bihar: "There is confusion among the people", RJD's Tejashwi Yadav slams S
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Yadav said the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the rest of the opposition had consistently objected to the SIR process in Bihar.
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Over 52 lakh voters not found at their addresses in electoral rolls revisi
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the poll body, 52,30,126 electors, amounting to 6.62 per cent of the state's total registered voters, were either deceased, had shifted permanently, were enrolled at multiple locations, or were untraceable.
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Union Minister Giriraj Singh defends Bihar voter list revision, accuses Op
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Responding to allegations by leaders of the INDIA alliance, Singh stressed that the practice of revising electoral rolls predates the current government and accused the Opposition of politicising the issue for ulterior motives.
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"BJP preparing something big to commit dishonesty on large scale": Akhiles
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Yadav said, "The Lok Sabha elections were contested recently, and whatever more or less votes are there... There is a different way. But you are making a new voter list. This means BJP has prepared something big to commit dishonesty on a large scale"
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"Murdering Democracy": Priyanka Gandhi joins protest against SIR exercise
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
This comes amid protests by the INDIA bloc and its leaders in Parliament's premises against the electoral rolls revision exercise being carried out by the EC. The opposition leaders have alleged that voting rights of people are being taken away.
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Govt not allowing us to raise SIR issue in houses: Congress MP K Suresh on
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In the wake of all the members of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc staging a protest in the Parliament on Tuesday, against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, Congress MP K Suresh said that the government was not allowing to rai
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Congress MP Jothimani moves adjournment motion notice to discuss SIR in BI
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The process of voter list revision is meant to strengthen democracy, ensure inclusivity, and correct discrepancies. However, in Bihar, the SIR exercise has raised alarming questions: There are widespread reports of mass deletions of names, especially from marginalised and minority commun
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Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon today
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Opposition leaders moved adjournment motion notices in both lower and upper houses to discuss various issues of public importance, including the special intensive revision (SIR) being carried out by the Election Commission (EC) in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.
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INDIA bloc leaders to raise SIR issue in Parliament tomorrow, hold protest
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Earlier today, Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain moved a notice of motion in Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in Bihar, conducted months ahead of the legislative assembly elections in the state.
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"If SIR is not stopped, Bihar elections have no meaning": Sanjay Singh
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"If SIR is not stopped, then the Bihar elections have no meaning. I can tell you the result now that if SIR is not stopped, then the BJP will win the Bihar elections," Singh told ANI.
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Bihar Polls : Owaisi criticises ECI over voter list revision; rules out jo
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday questioned the authority of the Election Commission of India to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive
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83.66% voters in Bihar to be included in draft electoral roll: ECI
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
So far 1.59 per cent electors have been found deceased, 2.2 per cent permanently shifted and 0.73 per cent persons were found to be enrolled at more than one place.
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