No claims from parties in 4 days for inclusion, deletion of names from Bihar draft electoral rolls: EC
Election Commission
on Monday said that since the
Bihar draft voter list
was published on August 1, no political party has approached it for inclusion or deletion of names of individuals from the document.
The draft roll will be available till September 1 for claims and objections under which parties and individuals can seek inclusion of eligible citizens left out and exclusion of those they believe are ineligible.
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The EC said between 3 PM on August 1 and 3 PM on August 4 (Monday), no booth-level agent appointed by parties has approached
poll authorities
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EC bulletin
said 1,927 individuals have approached it so far for inclusion or removal of names.
The draft list is part of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list of
Bihar
by the EC which is facing protests from the opposition parties as they claim the exercise will deny crores of eligible citizens their voting rights for want of documents.
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The EC has asserted that no eligible citizen will be left out of the electoral rolls.
The final electoral roll will be published on September 30.
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