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Owaisi slams Election Commission over Bihar voter list revision, claims "l
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday warned that lakhs of people in Bihar could lose their citizenship and livelihoods if the Election Commission proceeds with its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls without adequate time and safegua
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Bihar Assembly Elections: TMC, RJD move to Supreme Court against Eelection
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"We are against this (SIR) and filed a case in the Supreme Court," Moitra told ANI.
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"Voter list needs to be updated before every election as part of law": CEC
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
CEC Kumar said opposition parties themselves in the past have complained about issues pertaining to the voter list.
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan defends voter list revision, calls it "saniti
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Minister Chirag Paswan supports the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls, calling it a necessary cleanup to ensure only eligible voters are listed, addressing issues like deceased or non-local names on the rolls.
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"First Notebandi, now Votebandi": Pappu Yadav slams EC over voter list rev
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Yadav alleged that the EC is demanding proof of citizenship dating back to before 1987, documents he claims most Dalits, Adivasis and migrant labourers do not possess.
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"It Is the Job of the Opposition to find faults": Choudhary defends EC
Updated : 8 months, 2 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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"Voter list revision in Bihar undermines constitutional rights, electoral
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a release, Madani warned that this "hasty and unclear process based on arbitrary and one-sided instructions" could disenfranchise millions of citizens, particularly migrant workers, minorities, and marginalised communities, by depriving them of their fundamental right to vote.
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Opposition parties meet EC, raise concerns over Special Intensive Revision
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
INDIA bloc parties, including the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Samajwadi Party, the Communist Party of India and others on Wednesday strongly objected to Election Commission's decision to carry out 'Special Intensive Revision' of electoral rolls in Bihar when elections are round th
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EC has lost control: Tejashwi Yadav amid Bihar voter list row
Updated : 8 months, 2 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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"BJP laid red carpet for Bengali Hindus from Bangladesh": AIUDF MLA Rafiqu
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rafiqul Islam told ANI, "There is not a single Muslim who is a foreigner in Assam. Muslims have documents in their hands. They have complete records. Their voter list, land records, and father-grandfather's papers of NRC."
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SIR of electoral rolls only to ensure no eligible voter is left out: CEC G
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Following the Election Commission of India's decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the state assembly polls, Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has affirmed that the main objective of the initiative isto avoid any "illegible" voter
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Owaisi writes to EC over special intensive revision of electoral rolls in
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, the AIMIM chief said, "Our request to the Election Commission of India is that we want a detailed explanation on the concerns which we have highlighted in the written representation which we have sent to the Election Commissioners."
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