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Bihar election: SC agrees to hear pleas challenging ECI's voter revision d
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) move to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
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ECI issues video featuring Pankaj Tripathi to raise awareness for Special
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a video clip featuring actor Pankaj Tripathi to raise awareness about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Electoral roll revision in full swing in Bihar; 13.19% enumeration forms r
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is underway in full swing with the Booth Level Officers (BLOs), BLO Supervisors, all the election officials, BLAs appointed by the political parties and the volunteers working tirelessly at the grassroots level to ensure that no eligible elector
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Congress leader Sachin Pilot questions Election Commission's move on elect
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to reporters in Dausa on Friday, Rajasthan, Pilot said, "The haste with which the Election Commission has taken this step raises significant doubts, and a group of opposition parties met them and asked questions, but no satisfactory answers were received."
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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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"It Is the Job of the Opposition to find faults": Choudhary defends EC
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary on Friday came out in strong support of the Election Commission of India (ECI), amid rising opposition allegations that the ongoing voter list update process is biased. Choudhary said that the opposition is merely seeking excuses for its anticipated electoral d
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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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"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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ECI discusses issues related to Special Intensive Revision in Bihar with 1
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Representatives of 11 political parties met with the Election Commission, including Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with other Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Vivek Joshi at Nirvachan Sadan.
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EC becoming Modi's Commission, says RJD's Tejashwi Yadav as poll panel pos
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Attacking the poll panel for not clarifying the doubts of political parties, Yadav told ANI, "Two days after the (SIR) notification itself, we have asked the Election Commission that our mahagathbandan, the alliance, wants to meet with you, a delegation wants to meet with you. Though the sad
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EC has lost control: Tejashwi Yadav amid Bihar voter list row
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Has the Election Commission held a presser after we started raising questions on the issue of clarity...it seems like Election Commission has lost control...people are scared here that we will leave if we don't do anything...the time for those looting Bihar in collaboration with retired (go
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ECI defers meeting with multi-party delegation over Special Intensive Revi
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to ECI sources, "An email was received on June 30 from a legal counsel of AICC, seeking an urgent appointment with the Election Commission for July 2, regarding SIR of Bihar on behalf of many political parties, by representing himself as a counsel of the multi-party delegation."
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