West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed concerns about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in a press conference, alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using these mechanisms to manipulate voter lists and target citizen
"The NDA will win around 200 seats, breaking the 2010 record. This is all nonsense. Because there is nothing against Nitish Kumar, these people are spreading false propaganda... The public is with the NDA," Ashok Choudhary told ANI.
"Much was made of the need of the SIR exercise to remove non-citizens from the electoral roll. The EC has not had the integrity or the courage to enlighten the country on how many such non-citizens in Bihar were removed from the electoral roll. If it had done so, it would have been even m
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday informed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists throughout the country after announcing the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections.
Speaking to ANI, Sanjay Nirupam said, "Assembly elections in Bihar are going to be announced today. I wish the voters of Bihar to participate in the voting and make the right decision."
The deployment includes 121 companies from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and around 400 from the Border Security Force (BSF), along with contingents from other CAPFs such as the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), and Sashastra Seema Bal
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.
"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
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.
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.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar expressed gratitude towards all the electors, political parties and other key stakeholders involved in the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Bihar, as the Election Commission issued the final electoral roll ahead of the Assembly elec