Bihar

The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission (EC) to file a reply by August 9 to a petition regarding the exclusion of 65 lakh voters from the draft electoral rolls in Bihar. The application, filed by the Association for…

The INDIA bloc, led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, has demanded an urgent parliamentary debate on the Bihar voter roll revision. Kharge accused the government of manipulating the electoral system, claiming that 65 lakh…

Political parties in Bihar have filed over 1.6 lakh claims and objections against the new draft voter rolls. The BJP filed the most objections with 53,338, followed by the RJD and JDU. The SIR process is controversial due to the…

A residential certificate was issued in Bihar in the name of a dog, a claim that is factually correct. The certificate was issued due to an official's failure to verify a fraudulent online application, not a flaw in the system's…

The ECI reported that no claims or objections were filed by any political party in the first 24 hours of the Bihar draft electoral rolls being published. The draft list, covering all 243 Assembly Constituencies, was released on…

The Election Commission of India dismissed Rahul Gandhi's allegations of "vote theft" as "baseless." The EC stated that it had invited Gandhi for a discussion on voter rolls in June, but he never responded. Rahul Gandhi accused…

The Supreme Court stated it would intervene if Bihar's electoral roll revision leads to mass voter exclusion. Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi's bench fixed August 12 and 13 for detailed hearings on pleas challenging the…

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar increased journalist pension to Rs 15,000. Dependent spouses will now receive Rs 10,000 monthly. The announcement precedes state assembly elections and electoral roll controversy. GG News Bureau Patna,…

Bihar's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) phase one completed, with 65.2 lakh voters likely to be excluded. Reasons for exclusion include 22 lakh deceased, 35 lakh shifted, 7 lakh duplicates, and 1.2 lakh unsubmitted forms.…

The Election Commission of India plans to remove 61.1 lakh voters from Bihar's electoral rolls. This is part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with a deadline for form submission nearing. Over 7.21 crore…