The Election Commission of India has said that 94.68 per cent of the existing electors have submitted their enumeration forms during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lambasted the INDIA bloc partners, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, for halting the state's development and appealed voters to "protect" the state from their "malicious" intentions ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, due later this year.
He also alleged that the Election Commission is currently attempting to become "more loyal" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah than to their duty. The charge comes amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in poll-bound Bih
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday severely lambasted the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, calling the exercise "dangerous" for democracy.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) received Enumeration Forms from over 6.99 crore electors in Bihar ahead of the release of the draft electoral roll on August 1, 2025. As per official data released on Thursday, this accounts for 88.65 per cent of the total 7,89,69,844 registered voters
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged voter fraud in Bihar on Thursday and accused the Election Commission of acting in favour of the BJP. He shared a video claiming that government officials were filling out voter forms and signing them without the knowledge of the voters.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday, called for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal as well to delete all the names of Rohingya Muslims from the voter list.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to rush the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound Bihar.
He further questioned why the exercise was being conducted four to five months before the Bihar assembly polls, further stating that there was an atmosphere of fear in Bihar.
"Andhra Pradesh registered a record voter turnout of 81.86 per cent, surpassing its 2019 figure of 80.38 per cent. Notably, 117 out of 175 assembly constituencies recorded a turnout above 80 per cent," the MP asserted in the letter.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday questioned the authority of the Election Commission of India to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive
Speaking to ANI, Mukesh Sahani said, "... The core voters of Congress are supporting the BJP now... If after RJD, anyone has votes in Bihar, it is VIP... In terms of capital, we have more capital than Nitish Kumar..."