Congress Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Friday gave a Suspension of Business notice under Rule 267 and demanded a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar.
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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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said that 99 per cent of electors have already been covered under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, ECI said in an official statement.
The Election Commission of India is conducting a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections in the state later this year.
The opposition parties have repeatedly called for a discussion in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha regarding the revision exercise, moving adjournment motions every day since the start of the monsoon session and alleging that manipulation of voter rolls is taking place under the guise of the
Jaiswal's remarks came during an ongoing review of the Special Intensive Revision drive conducted by the Election Commission to clean up the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.
Hours after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of indulging in "cheating" during the voter list revision process in a constituency in Karnataka, poll body sources on Thursday said to wait for the verdict of the High Court re
Following Leader of Opposition in Bihar Tejashwi Yadav's caveat of boycotting Bihar elections over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) row, Congress General Secretary and MP KC Venugopal said that the circumstances prevailing in the country pressurised Tejashwi Yadav to say this and SIR of
Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan, present at the protest, slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led state government for being unable to provide answers over rising unemployment, saying that the state has descended into "a situation of anarchy and lawlessness."
Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), amid the Opposition's continuous protest over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, for working under the influence of the BJP.