‘List of 65 lakh voters deleted from Bihar rolls uploaded within 56 hours of SC order’: CEC Gyanesh Kumar | India News

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New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar addresses a press convention on Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR), on the National Media Centre in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta)(*65*)

(*65*) (*65*)(*65*)NEW DELHI: Stating that EC has uploaded the record of 65 lakh voters deleted from Bihar’s draft electoral roll within 56 hours of SC’s directive, CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday exhorted electors and political events within the state to file their claims and objections within the remaining 15-day timeframe, saying flagging any errors after Sept 1, shall be pointless.Justifying its choice to undertake SIR train in Bihar, EC mentioned all of the political events had, for the previous 20 years, been demanding that imperfections in electoral roll be corrected. “Acting on this demand, EC decided to take up SIR, starting with Bihar,” he instructed a press convention right here, whereas including that the timeline for SIR in different poll-bound states will likely be introduced “at the appropriate time”.Slamming the “vote theft” allegations levelled by opposition events and their chiefs, EC mentioned the electors, social gathering representatives and sales space stage officers on the bottom are working in a harmonious and clear method, endorsing the train with their signatures and video testimonials. “It is a matter of concern that endorsements of district presidents and booth level agents of parties are either not reaching their state level and national leadership, or the latter have chosen to overlook these, and are trying to spread misinformation,” mentioned Kumar.Clearing the air on timing of SIR, the CEC mentioned that because the annual abstract revision was with respect to Jan 1, 2025, April 1 was too early to start out the following revision, whereas Oct 1 would have been too near the meeting ballot due in Bihar in Nov. As regards allegations of lots of and hundreds of voters being registered on the identical deal with, Kumar mentioned within the absence of correct numbering of homes/addresses by the panchayats/municipalities and likewise the presence of unauthorised settlements, it has been an accepted norm for EC/BLO to register voters from notional addresses, typically carrying ‘zero’ home quantity. Electoral roll excerpts shared by EC with TOI, of Assam in 1966, Rajasthan in 1980, UP in 1985, present their home quantity as both lacking or as ’01’.(*65*)

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