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No names can be deleted from draft rolls without due process: EC
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Bihar Voter List Revision Issue In Supreme Court Today: 10 Points
New Delhi: The controversial Special Intensive Revision or SIR of voter lists in Bihar ahead of the assembly election has been challenged in the Supreme Court and the matter would be heard by a two-judge bench today. Here are the top 10 points from this big story: The petitioners have argued that the SIR exercise would lead to large-scale disenfranchisement of voters. Various opposition parties in Bihar have claimed the disenfranchisement will benefit the BJP as the state machinery will target people opposed to the ruling alliance. The Election Commission, which is conducting the exercise, has argued that it is doing its constitutional duty by weeding the voters' list of people who are dead, migrated of registered multiple times. The Commission has also assured that no name will be deleted from the list without a due process and there will be month after the publication of the draft list on August 1 to hear objections and make changes. The petitioners have alleged that much of the disenfranchisement is happening due to lack of proper documents. The Supreme Court had asked the poll body to consider three documents for SIR -- Aadhaar, Electoral Photo Identity Card, and ration card. The court has pointed out that they are foundational records to obtain any of the 11 documents, including residence and caste certificates, listed by the Election Commission for voter verification. The Election Commission has argued that Aadhaar, Electoral Photo Identity Card, and ration card could easily be faked. At a joint press conference with leaders of CPI(ML) Liberation, RJD and CPM, Congress's Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the exercise has become a "citizenship test" and questioned its legality. "This is not a matter of political obstinacy. It is not a matter of institutional arrogance. Please reconsider it," he said. The Election Commission said on Sunday that 22 lakh voters in Bihar have died, 36 lakh people have either permanently shifted or not found, and seven lakh were found to have enrolled at multiple places.
The Print
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- The Print
No names will be deleted from Bihar draft roll without due procedure: EC
It said the first aim of SIR is participation of all electors and all political parties. In a statement, the poll authority also listed 10 aims of the SIR exercise to underline that it is all inclusive and not aimed at depriving any eligible citizen from their right to vote. New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) Amid opposition claims that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's voters' list will deprive crores of eligible citizens from their right to vote, the Election Commission on Sunday asserted that no names will be deleted from draft rolls without following due process. The second aim, it said, is that no eligible elector in Bihar should be left behind. The poll authority said the third aim of SIR is that no temporary migrant from Bihar should be left behind. It also noted that no urban elector in Bihar is left behind. Also that no young elector is left behind from the state. Regular involvement of all electors and all political parties is also a key aim of the exercise, the poll panel said. Assistance by the entire election staff, including volunteers, is also part of the aims of the SIR. The massive exercise also seeks to redress any issue raised during the enumeration phase, which ended Friday. The scrutiny of draft roll will begin from August 1 and end on September 1. The EC also made it clear that the draft electoral roll to be published in Bihar is not the final voters' list, saying a month's time will be available to include eligible electors and exclude those ineligible. The draft roll is scheduled to be published on August 1 and the final roll on September 30. The poll panel said at the end of the month-long first phase of the SIR that enumeration forms from 7.24 crore or 91.69 per cent voters of the state have been received. It added that 36 lakh people were found to have either permanently shifted from their previous addresses or were not found. The EC also pointed out that 7 lakh Bihar voters were found to have enrolled themselves at multiple places. The EC said booth-level officers did not find these electors or get back their enumeration forms because they have either become voters in other states or Union territories, or were not found in existence, or did not submit the forms till July 25. The first phase of the SIR related to distributing and receiving enumeration forms ended on Friday (July 25). Another reason was that they were not willing to register themselves as voters for some reason or the other. The poll watchdog said the exact status of these voters will be known after a scrutiny of these forms by August 1. 'However, genuine electors can still be added back in electoral rolls during the claims and objection period from August 1 to September 1. The names of the electors found enrolled at multiple places in electoral rolls will be retained only at one place, the EC said in a statement. Separately, the poll authority said it is 'not able to understand' that when a month-long period from August 1 to September 1 is available to point out wrongful inclusions and exclusions of voters' names, 'why are they creating such a big fuss now?' It said political parties are free to check with their workers on the actual progress of the process. 'Why not ask their 1.6 lakh booth-level agents to submit claims and objections from August 1 till September 1,' the EC quipped. The booth-level agents appointed by political parties work with the EC's booth-level officers in preparing or updating the voters' list. 'Why are some persons trying to give an impression that the draft list is the final list, which it is not, as per SIR orders,' the EC statement said. Various opposition parties in Bihar, which is slated to go to polls later this year, have claimed that crores of eligible citizens will be disenfranchised during roll revision for want of documents. They have also claimed that the BJP will benefit from it as the state machinery will target people opposed to the ruling alliance in the state. The EC said the first aim of the SIR is to ensure the participation of all electors and political parties. 'Out of 7.89 crore electors as on 24.06.2025, over 7.24 crore have submitted their enumeration forms, indicating overwhelming participation,' it said. The poll panel noted that the total number of BLAs increased by 16 per cent during the SIR period. The EC also said that it is making special efforts to ensure that no eligible voter in Bihar is left behind. PTI NAB ARI This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
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Business Standard
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- Business Standard
Lok Sabha to hold special discussion on 'Operation Sindoor' today
Lok Sabha is set to hold a special discussion on 'Operation Sindoor', India's military response to the Pahalgam terror attack on Monday. A fiery debate on the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor is expected to unfold in Parliament, between top leaders from the ruling alliance and the Opposition. Lok Sabha List of Business for Monday states, "Special Discussion on India's strong, successful and decisive 'Operation Sindoor' in response to terrorist attack in Pahalgam". Twenty-six civilians were killed in the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, after which India retaliated through precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). Meanwhile, the first week of the Monsoon session of Parliament witnessed major disruptions with the surprise resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice President. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to initiate the discussion on Operation Sindhoor in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Sources said that Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Nishikant Dubey are also expected to take part in the discussion in Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to intervene in the discussion in the Lok Sabha. He may also intervene in the discussion in the Rajya Sabha. Sources said discussion on Operation Sindoor will begin in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Rajnath Singh and S Jaishankar will be among ministers who will take part in the discussion in the Rajya Sabha, sources said. TDP's Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and GM Harish Balayogi are expected to participate in the discussion on Op Sindoor in the Lok Sabha. The sources said the party has been allotted 30 minutes. From the Samajwadi Party, its chief Akhilesh Yadav, and MP Rajiv Rai will participate in the debate. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the debate on Operation Sindoor will be held for 16 hours in the Lok Sabha on July 28 and for 16 hours in the Rajya Sabha on July 29. "All issues cannot be discussed together... The opposition has raised several issues, like the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar and others. We have told them that Operation Sindoor will be discussed first. We will decide which issues to discuss after that. Operation Sindoor will be debated for 16 hours in the Lok Sabha on Monday (July 28) and for 16 hours in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday (July 29)," Rijiju told reporters. Opposition parties have been demanding a discussion on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor and have sought the government's clarification over US President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. The Opposition parties had been demanding PM Modi's presence during the debate. Since PM Modi travelled abroad on a two-nation visit this week, the discussion has been scheduled for next week. Apart from this, the floor leaders of the INDIA bloc parties will meet on Monday at 10 am to discuss the strategy for the second week of the monsoon session, with the Lok Sabha slated to take up discussion on Operation Sindoor on Monday and the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
