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"Well-proof voter list is necessary to make our democracy vibrant": Sukant
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"SIR is a regular practice of the Election Commission of India. Even in the year 2002, the SIR exercise was carried out in West Bengal. Names of 20 lakh voters were removed from the voter list...It is the role of the Election Commission to rectify the voter list. A well-proof voter list is n
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Rahul Gandhi alleges EC involvement in voter fraud, claims having "open-an
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Rahul Gandhi said, "Votes are being stolen. We have open-and-shut proof that the Election Commission is involved in this vote theft. And I'm not saying this lightly, I'm speaking with 100% proof. And when we release it (proof), the entire country will come to know that the Election Commis
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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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Several Congress MPs move notices to discuss SIR exercise in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
This is the seventh day of the ongoing monsoon session. Minutes after it was convened at 11 am, the Rajya Sabha got adjourned till 2 PM.
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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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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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"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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"BJP's "one nation, one party" agenda getting clear: Priyanka Chaturvedi a
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"Nityanad Rai is speaking with the confidence that comes only when there is definite mal-intent in carrying out the SIR exercise. Even the SC has said that it is unfair to ask and demand for documents which are tough to get, and has asked for other documents to be added to the list, which
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"Everyone has faith in judiciary": Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on SIR
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid the row over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter list in Bihar, former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said that the matter is subjudice and they have faith in the judiciary.
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"Once they answer, House proceedings can begin": Gaurav Gogoi on Oppositio
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Demanding a discussion in the Parliament, he said that the Opposition wants to present the public's view on the issue.
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"We are going to come for you": Rahul Gandhi's message to Election Commiss
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Thursday warned the Election Commission that the opposition would not let them get away with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar.
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore moves Adjournment motion in Lok Sabha seeking
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Tagore further in his letter highlighted the SIR exercise as an attack on the legacy of Babasaheb BR Ambedkar who "enshrined" universal adult franchise in the Consitution to empower citizens, irrespective of their caste, class or wealth.
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