Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram on Sunday criticised the Election Commission for errors in the voter list during the 'Voter Adhikaar Yatra' in Sasaram, saying many voters who were still alive had been wrongly listed as dead.
Singh alleged that under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, 65 lakh voters in Bihar were removed from the electoral rolls. He said many were marked dead despite being alive.
Election Commission of India on Thursday strongly responded to the "vote theft" allegations, stating that the attempt to "create a false narrative" against the poll body is a "direct attack" on the Indian voters and "assault" on the integrity of election staff.
"Electoral rolls are prepared in accordance with law. Any correction, deletion or inclusion in Electoral Roll can always be made as per procedure laid down in law. No one can force to remove YOUR NAME from final Electoral Rolls without following the procedure laid down in law," ECI posted
A group of voters met the Congress MP and shared how they were declared "dead" by the Election Commission and how their names were removed from the voter list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Voters in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district have alleged denial of voting rights, threats, and inaction by police during the Mallikarjunapuram Panchayat elections.
Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Tuesday said that the names of authentic voters are being deleted from the voter list in the Special Intensive Revision exercise, which is being carried out in Bihar, adding that the government is not interested in addressing the concerns of the opposition ove
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday raised concerns over alleged discrepancies in the voters' list, particularly in Kerala's Thrissur constituency, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured its lone seat in the state.
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Election Commission and said that if the voter list has errors, the entire Lok Sabha and Union Government should be dissolved, as the same list was used to elect the Prime Minister and Union ministers.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday has given Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267, demanding discussion in the Upper House on the constitutional and electoral implications of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar, alleging the process
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari slammed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar and alleged that he wants illegal infiltrators to get the voting rights.
Leader of Opposition in Kerala, VD Satheesan, on Friday said Rahul Gandhi's revelations had "clearly exposed the grave danger facing our electoral process" and called it the "biggest example of manipulation in the voters list to win elections."