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The Election Commission on Tuesday released the final voter list for Bihar following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which included Patna’s 14 constituencies under its jurisdiction. The revised roll showed a significant rise in the number of electors ahead of elections, due this year.According to the press release from Election Commission, around 21.53 lakh eligible…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday hit out at leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of spreading a false narrative after the Congress leader alleged voter deletions in Karnataka’s Aland constituency.Addressing BJP workers in Bihar’s Rohtas, Amit Shah said, “They (Congress) spread a false narrative every time. Rahul Gandhi did a…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued new guidelines regarding the design and printing of EVM ballot papers to enhance “clarity” for the voters in the upcoming Bihar assembly election.According to the poll body, the EVM ballots will now include colour photographs of candidates which will occupy three-fourths of the photo space for better…
In a democracy of 1.4 billion, every vote matters. But for millions of migrants from Bihar, democracy is quietly leaving them behind. A silent crisis is unfolding, where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of State electoral rolls, and at short notice, has led to the mass deletion of nearly 3.5 million migrants (4.4% of the…
In what must be seen as a rap on the knuckles of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court of India ordered it to publish the names of 65 lakh voters excluded from Bihar’s draft electoral roll, and the reasons, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. That it required the Court to…
NEW DELHI: In response to queries raised under the Right To Information (RTI) Act seeking copies of the independent appraisal undertaken based on which the Election Commission of India decided to initiate a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country this year, and related files on the decision, the commission has simply…
Poll duty: An officer checks documents during the SIR of electoral rolls at Jogbani in Araria district of Bihar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Saturday (August 30, 2025) that it had received more than 1.97 lakh requests from individuals to exclude names from the voters’ list…
MP Akhilesh Yadav joins last leg of Voter Adhikar Yatra (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticised the Election Commission of (EC), alleging that the poll body has become the “Jugaad Commission” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yadav arrived in Bihar to join the 16-day Voter Adhikar…
Rahul Gandhi during the Voter Adhikar Yatra, in Bihar. (AICC via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday escalated his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission of India (ECI), calling the much-touted “Gujarat Model” a “model of vote-chori (poll theft).”“It (‘vote chori’) was happening in Gujarat before 2014….
NEW DELHI: A police complaint was filed against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday over his two EPICs matter. The complaint was filed by an advocate, Rajiv Ranjan, in Patna’s Digha Police Station.No case has been registered yet.This comes after the Election Commission of India issued a notice to Yadav after it was found that…
