Sir in Bihar: EC release draft electoral rolls; Claims and objections opened by 1 September. Bharat News
The Election Commission (EC) released electoral roles for Bihar on Friday after the completion of special intensive amendment (SIR) exercises held in a month in the preparation for the upcoming assembly elections.While an integrated list was not provided, voters can verify their details on the official website of EC.Prior to the Sir Commission in June, Bihar had 7.93 crore registered voters according to the EC record.The total number of voters in the new published draft roll remains unknown.Officials said that printed copies of the roll would be distributed to various political party representatives later that day.The publication of the draft Rolls started the phase of “claims and objections”, continuing until 1 September. The voters who believe that their names were wrongly removed, they can take a pledge from relevant officials during this period.The state is scheduled for assembly elections later this year.During the initial SIR phase, voters received “enumeration form” from booth-level officers (BLOs) or booth-level agents (BLA) appointed by political parties. These forms require signing and support documents.An online option was also available to download and submit calculation forms.As of 25 July, EC reported that “7.23 crore voters” had presented their forms, while 35 million were identified as “permanent migrates or unaware”.Additionally, 22 lakhs were reported to be deceased, and 7 lakh persons were found registered in several electoral rolls.The EC said that 1.2 lakh voters did not present their calculations.This broad exercise included blossom posted in 77,895 polling stations, supported by 1.60 lakh blasses and additional volunteers, 243 EROS (registration officers of voters) and 2,976 supporters.Opposition parties challenged the practice, suggesting that the ruling NDA was designed to “help” in the upcoming elections. Responding to the petitions filed by the Supreme Court, this week Sir said that Sir should facilitate “N Mess Inclusion and N Mess Exclusion”.
