Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar clarified that conducting the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists before Bihar elections is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the People Act.
The People's Assembly has 210 seats, of which 140 are voted on by electoral colleges throughout the country, with the number of seats for each district distributed by population. The remaining 70 deputies will be appointed directly by al-Sharaa.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Rs 10,000 were directly transferred into the bank accounts of 75 lakh women across Bihar ahead of the polls and said that women are not salaried voters bound to the Prime Minister.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu formally inaugurated the state chapter of the signature drive at the Congress headquarters in Shimla on Saturday.
"We have brought all the points in front of the Election Commission clearly. I have also provided them with suggestions that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had in written form. We have demanded that the elections be held in two phases. We have told them to give us a clear list of the 3,66,000
Earlier today, Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey said that the Samajawadi Party-led delegation was "stopped" from going to Bareilly, where protests over "I Love Mohammad" posters on September 26 turned violent.
The party has also requested the poll body to conduct elections in only one or two phases, citing the disruption to institutions and the increasing expenditure to candidates and political parties.
The party said that they want the Election Commission (EC) to clarify the final SIR list and provide details on the 3,66,000 voters whose names were deleted, including reasons for removal.
However, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram-Vilas) urged the poll panel to conduct elections in two phases and requested the availability of basic amenities at all polling booths, said the party's National General Secretary Shahnawaz Ahmed Kaifee.
Congress' General Secretary in charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, on Saturday claimed irregularities in the final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision of the list in Bihar.