Bihar SIR: Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale slams electoral roll revision; claims 1.26 crore voters 'deleted'
PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN, BIHAR, JUL 28 – The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission of India to accept Aadhaar and Voter ID cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision amid concerns over 12.6 million deletions.
- On July 27, 2025, Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale said 1.26 crore voters were 'deleted' from Bihar's electoral rolls and called for a debate in Parliament.
- Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India issued a Special Intensive Revision order on June 24, 2025, amid petitions challenging the process.
- According to the ECI, forms from 7.24 crore voters were received, with 36 lakh found shifted or untraceable during Bihar's voter verification.
- The Supreme Court told the Election Commission of India to accept Aadhaar and Voter ID during SIR, urging a 'mass inclusion, not mass exclusion' approach.
- Despite petitions, the Supreme Court of India refused to stop the publication of draft rolls on August 1, warning illegality could lead to quashing.
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Supreme Court Warns ECI of Intervention If 'Mass Exclusion' Occurs in Bihar Voter Roll Revision
The EC affidavit has justified its ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, saying it adds to the purity of the election by \"weeding out ineligible persons\" from the electoral rolls.
Bihar Polls: SC to Hear Pleas Challenging ECI's SIR Exercise on August 12, 13
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms, told the apex court about the poll panel's statement that 65 lakh persons have not submitted the enumeration forms during the SIR process as they are either dead or have permanently shifted elsewhere. India News | Bihar Polls: SC to Hear Pleas Challenging ECI's SIR Exercise on August 12, 13.
Include Aadhaar, Voter ID: Top Court To Poll Body On Bihar Rolls Revision
Bihar voters should be allowed to submit Adhaar and voter Identity card as documents for the Special Intensive Revision, the Supreme Court told the Election Commission today during a hearing on the...
SC warns it will step in if Bihar voter roll revision leads to mass exclusion
The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured that it would “immediately step in” if the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar results in mass exclusion. Hearing petitions that warned of arbitrary disenfranchisement of lakhs of voters, a Bench led b...
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