Representative image (File) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday shared details of its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, revealing that 98.01 per cent of voters have been covered in the exercise so far, as of July 23.According to officials, the revision has identified nearly 20 lakh deceased…
Expressing concern over women’s safety in protection homes, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan has asked the Rajya Sabha to hold a discussion on the “escape” of 13 girls from a girl protection home in Siwan in Bihar. In a notice in the upper house Tuesday, Ranjeet has said that the matter is very serious because it…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday accused the Election Commission of acting as the BJP’s “election chori wing,” claiming it is helping the saffron party commit voter fraud ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.He reposted a video on X, which claims that government officials were…
NEW DELHI: Field-level officials of the Election Commission (EC) have identified “a large number” of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar during ongoing house-to-house verification for the revision of the voters’ list in Bihar, news agency PTI quoted EC officials as saying on Sunday.The EC has made it clear that names of illegal migrants will…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday took a different view from his party on the Bihar voter list revision, saying that the focus of the party should be on winning elections suggesting that “unless you win, your point will not matter.”In remarks that appear to diverge from the party’s combative line, Khurshid said:…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday accused Congress of taking contradictory positions on using Aadhaar for voter identification, following the Supreme Court’s recent suggestion to the Election Commission regarding Bihar’s electoral roll revision.BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya pointed to Congress’s fierce opposition in 2021 when the Modi government proposed voluntary linking of Voter ID…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to consider accepting Aadhaar, voter ID card and ration card as valid documents for its special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and allowed the process to go on. Though the court flagged the practical difficulty in completing the task within the short…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear two more pleas challenging the Election Commission of India’s move to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi agreed to hear the pleas on July 10, along with other pending petitions. Advocate Vrinda Grover…
RJD leader Manoj Jha (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday dismissed claims made by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha regarding a supposedly cancelled meeting about Bihar’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.Jha cited an EC letter that allegedly confirmed a meeting scheduled for July 10. He questioned the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav for “chakka jam” in Bihar over Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral roll just months ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.Rahul and Tejashwi, along with CPI’s D Raja and CPM’s Deepankar Bhattacharya led the Grand Alliance march to the chief electoral officer’s…