US EditionBJP Criticizes Opposition's 'Chakka Jam' Over Bihar Electoral Roll Revision
- Opposition parties in Bihar have planned a statewide road blockade on July 9 to oppose the Election Commission's recent extensive update of the voter lists.
- This protest follows allegations by opposition leaders that the revision aims to disenfranchise poor and marginalized voters through onerous documentation demands.
- Multiple petitioners, including representatives from the RJD and Trinamool Congress as well as various activists, have contested the legality of the revision before the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear the matter on July 10.
- The Election Commission cited its constitutional duty to update rolls due to rapid urbanization, migration, and repeated entries affecting nearly 29.3 million voters not recorded in 2003 rolls.
- The dispute underscores tensions over electoral integrity, with opposition questioning the EC’s impartiality and raising the possibility of boycott or escalated protests ahead of Bihar polls.
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BJP Criticizes Opposition's 'Chakka Jam' Over Bihar Electoral Roll Revision
BJP Criticizes Opposition's 'Chakka Jam' Over Bihar Electoral Roll Revision In a forceful critique of the RJD-Congress coalition's stance, BJP veteran and MP Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the alliance of exacerbating issues by politicizing the ongoing electoral roll revision in Bihar.The senior politician urged peace, suggesting that the forthcoming opposition-led statewide 'chakka jam' scheduled for July 9 could inflame tensions during an already…
Why is Bihar electoral roll being revised? What’s the uproar over it?
The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s order to conduct a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The poll body’s decision is facing flak, with the opposition questioning the timing of the exercise and raising concerns that it will disenfranchise numerous voters
Opposition Unite In Opposing Special Revision of Electoral Rolls In Bihar
The party's in charge of the media and publicity department, Pawan Khera, said the Congress, along with nine political parties, have challenged the \"flawed\" Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the Supreme Court.
Just four months after the local lessons, the Commission has called for a review of the requirements for nearly 30 million voters who have registered in the last 20 years.Sr. Dorothy Fernandes' complaint to AsiaNews: "The government is afraid to lose and will end up depriving emerging people, migrants and Muslims who will not be able to carry out the necessary practices."
Bihar electoral roll revision a BJP conspiracy to remove Dalit, minority names from voter list, alleges Congress - The Statesman
"The BJP's conspiracy to remove the names of persons from Scheduled Castes, Backward classes, minorities, or the poor, who are traditionally opposed to them, is unacceptable to us," said senior Congress MP Pramod Tiwari.
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