Bihar SIR Row: Hearing on petitions challenging SIR in Bihar; supreme court will hear the case today
The election commission said on monday that the opposition is protesting only in parliament and on the streets. As per the rules, not a single objection has been received so far regarding the draft voter list issued after SIR in Bihar. Even after 11 days, no application has been received from any party to remove or add names.
The apex court will hear today the petitions challenging the election Commission's move to update the SIR of voter lists in Bihar. The court had scheduled the hearing for august 12 and 13. The Commission has told the supreme court that under the law, it does not need to make a separate list of the names of the people missing from the draft list. Nor is there a need to share the list or publish the reasons for not including their names for any reason.
Earlier, the election commission said on monday that the opposition is protesting only in parliament and on the streets. As per the rules, not a single objection has been received so far regarding the draft voter list issued after SIR in Bihar. Even after 11 days, no application was received from any party for the removal or addition of the name.
The election Commission said that so far, 10,570 forms have been received from individual voters for inclusion of names in the list. On monday, the Commission released the key findings of the counting phase of SIR held in bihar from june 24 to July 25. According to these, till june 24, there were a total of 7.89 crore voters in bihar, out of which more than 7.24 crore voters have submitted their counting forms. This is 91.69 percent of the total voters. During this period, 22 lakh voters have been found dead, 36 lakh voters have permanently moved or were not found. At the same time, there were seven lakh voters (0.89 percent) who were enrolled at many places.
The election commission termed the claims of vote theft made by the congress and its leader, rahul Gandhi, during the protest march as factually incorrect. In a fact check released on social media, the Commission shared a list of documents in support of its claims of transparency in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar. This evidence included video evidence of representatives of parties like RJD, congress, and CPI. The Commission also shared details of its meetings with representatives of political parties before, during, and after the publication of the draft voter list.
click and follow Indiaherald WhatsApp channel