Former Bihar Chief Minister and senior RJD chief Rabri Devi has launched a pointy assault on the Centre and the state authorities, alleging a coordinated try to disenfranchise voters by means of the continuing Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Chatting with IANS, Rabri Devi claimed that almost three crore residents, together…
Bihar Elections: The Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train by the Election Fee of India (ECI) is in course of in Bihar. In the meantime, in line with media studies, practically 32 lakh electors are but to be coated. Notably, over 11,000 voters listed within the present electoral roll have been discovered untraceable. The draft electoral…
In the meantime, persons are in a state of panic. The poor are standing in queues to get certificates. Some are paying bribes to ‘prepare’ paperwork. The unhappy actuality is that almost 40 per cent of individuals in Bihar don’t possess any of the paperwork the ECI lists as legitimate proof. So, what now? One…
For the reason that ECI first revealed its plan to conduct the SIR on 24 June 2025, from the very subsequent day, one presumes the Election Fee would have requested ‘all political events’ to nominate BLAs within the previous weeks. Nonetheless, no data seems to be out there on whether or not and when such…
Precisely what we’d feared has come to move. A mad, mad decree — absolutely Tughlaq’s envy — is issued in Delhi. It lands in Bihar and all hell breaks free. Now that the genie is out of the bottle and the Election Fee of India’s ‘particular intensive’ mess unattainable to comprise, it’s busy fabricating a…
Even because the Affiliation of Democratic Reforms (ADR) filed a petition within the Supreme Court docket of India difficult the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar initiated by the Election Fee of India, one of many founders of ADR Prof Jagdeep Chhokar claimed on Sunday, 5 July, that judging by its personal…
Leaders of a number of INDIA bloc events met the Election Fee over the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and raised their issues. Leaders from 11 events, together with the Congress, RJD, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, NCP-SP and Samajwadi Celebration, met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and different election commissioners, objecting…
Criticising the ECI’s response up to now, the letter stated, ‘It’s each intriguing and puzzling that the Fee has responded with every thing besides the 2 voter lists. Why not merely present them? In case you have them, share them. In case you don’t, then that raises much more questions on transparency and accountability.’ The…
The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued directions for holding a Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, in accordance with the schedule and tips prescribed by the Fee. In an official assertion, the ballot physique stated that the target of an intensified revision is to make sure that the…
Paradoxically, chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar claimed on 10 June 2025 that the method of making ready the electoral roll in India is among the many “most rigorous and clear” on the earth. He was delivering the keynote tackle on the Stockholm Worldwide Convention on ‘Electoral Integrity’, organised by the Worldwide Institute for Democracy…
