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The Hindu
5 days ago
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- The Hindu
SIR row: Supreme Court orders ECI to publish list of names excluded from Bihar draft roll
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 14, 2025) ordered the Election Commission of India to publish the list of approximately 65 lakh names excluded from the draft roll that was published on August 1, 2025, after a Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar. In the interim order, the two-judge Bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Surya Kant, ordered the poll body to publish a searchable list of the excluded names, booth-wise, along with the reasons for non-inclusion, in the district electoral officers' websites by 5 p.m. on August 19, 2025. Bihar SIR row hearing HIGHLIGHTS - August 14, 2025 Physical lists with reasons shall also be displayed on the notice boards of booth-level officers and block development/panchayat offices for manual access. The Bihar Chief Electoral Officer shall get soft copies of the list with reasons to be displayed on his website, and wide publicity for the same shall be given through regional and English newspapers, radio, TV and authorised social media platforms of Election Commission of India. Aadhaar as proof of identity and residence The public notice about the display will specifically mention that objections can be raised by aggrieved persons along with their Aadhaar copy, which shall be considered as a proof of identity and residence. A crisis of trust: Editorial on the Election Commission of India The interim order directed the Election Commission to compile proof of compliance from BLOs/District Electoral Officers and place on record a collated status report on August 22 for further consideration by the Bench. The list and reasons should also be made searchable by typing in the EPIC number of the voter concerned, the interim order stated. The Bench posted the case for next hearing on August 22 at 2 p.m.
The Hindu
23-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Two-day training by EC of booth levels officers in Bihar
Election Commission of India on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) began a two-day training and capacity building programme for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Bihar, where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held later this year. This is the third such batch of BLOs to be trained from Bihar. The group includes 229 BLOs, 12 Electoral Registration Officers (ERO) and 2 District Electoral Officers (DEO) from the State. A specialized one-day training programme for the State Police Nodal Officer (SPNO) and Police Officers from Bihar was also held alongside, an official statement said. The training programme was inaugurated by Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar in the presence of Election Commissioner Dr. Vivek Joshi at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in the national capital and was followed by an interaction with the participants. The training is planned to familiarise the BLOs with their roles and responsibilities as per statutory framework so as to ensure error-free electoral rolls. They will also be trained in the IT applications designed to support their roles, the statement said. This is the latest in the first phase of the ongoing physical training programmes at IIIDEM in which 555 BLOs from poll-bound States of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam and 279 Booth Level Agents (BLA-1s) of 10 recognised National and State political parties from Bihar have already been trained. These well-trained BLOs will form a corps of Assembly Level Master Trainers (ALMTs) to strengthen the entire network of BLOs nationwide. The training of SPNOs and Police Officers from Bihar aims at improving coordination between election authorities and the police for enhanced electoral management, especially in the areas of law and order, vulnerability assessment, paramilitary forces (CAPF) deployment, and model code of conduct (MCC) enforcement, the ECI statement said.
