As INDIA bloc holds Bihar Band rally in Patna, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, emphasising that people should only vote from where they live, alleged that the opposition wants to do politics on the shoulders of people who registered themselves as voters "wrongfully".
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal shared a post on his official 'X' handle and informed about the development, stating that ECI's decision has "wreaked havoc across the villages and towns of Bihar" and has spread "anxiety" across voters on whether their "right to vote" would be "stolen
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.
Rao further reacted to CM Reddy's statement on naming welfare schemes after Indira Gandhi and said that the statement indicated that people would not understand the greatness of Indira Gandhi unless they were stripped and thrashed.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor has raised objections to the timing of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, stating that it could result in the exclusion of a large number of voters who return to the state only during the festive season.
The ECI has claimed that the SIR is only meant to verify voters and to identify any 'ineligible voters' ahead of the Assembly elections which are expected to be held later this year in Bihar. However, multiple political parties part of the Opposition, including Congress and Bihar's Rashtriya
"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
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav has questioned the Election Commission's decision to conduct a special revision of the voter list in Bihar months ahead of the assembly elections.
She expressed strong reservations about a new declaration form introduced by the ECI, which requires the submission of parents' birth certificates for enrolling names in the voters' list.
A Division Bench comprising Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Arif S Doctor rejected the petition filed by Mumbai resident Chetan Ahire, who had challenged the validity of the election results based on votes allegedly polled after the stipulated 6 pm deadline.
A Division Bench comprising Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice Arif S Doctor rejected the petition filed by Mumbai resident Chetan Ahire, who had challenged the validity of the election results based on votes allegedly polled after the stipulated 6 pm deadline.
"Rahul Gandhi should be happy when more people register their names in the voter list and when more and more people come out to vote... The work done by the Election Commission is to register new voters. Your (Rahul Gandhi) repeated baseless allegations make one thing clear: you lack the kno