Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress has accused the state government of deliberately delaying the municipal and Panchayati Raj elections under the pretext of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list. Addressing a press conference at the State Congress Headquarters in Jaipur, Congress state chief Govind Singh Dotasra said that the BJP government’s actions clearly show.
Kolkata: Rights groups including Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) on Saturday held a protest rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls planned in West Bengal by the Election Commission of India (ECI). As the poll panel is gearing up to conduct SIR of Bengal’s voter list, the rights body claimed.
Kolkata: The Communist Party of India-Marxist will organise a public rally in Kolkata on October 29, not opposing the forthcoming special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal, only on the demand that it must ensure that the names of the genuine voters are not deleted from the voters’ list. Incidentally, the Trinamool Congress has also.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday defended the government’s efforts to clean up the electoral rolls, dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism. Shah emphasised that the Special Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR) aims to remove ineligible voters, including infiltrators and those who have died or migrated, in an interview with Aaj Tak’s.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed concerns about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in a press conference, alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using these mechanisms to manipulate voter lists and target citizens. Banerjee claimed that the BJP is using SIR as a pretext.
Furthermore, it requested the Bihar State Legal Services Authority to deploy para-legal volunteers (PLVs) to assist voters and political parties in submitting online claims, objections, or corrections.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India to publish on the district electoral officer’s website the list of approximately 65 lakh persons excluded or deleted from the Bihar draft electoral voters list, along with the reason for their deletion – death, migration or duplication. A bench of Justices Surya.
