Bihar electoral rolls revision: No change in instructions on procedure, clarifies EC
The Election Commission on Sunday clarified that there was “no change in instructions” on the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar.
Earlier in the day, the office of the Bihar chief electoral officer had said that all measures were being taken to facilitate voters to complete their documentation as part of the revision exercise. “These existing voters will have time to submit the documents even after first submitting their Enumeration Forms,” the chief electoral officer had said.
The chief electoral officer had issued public notices in Hindi newspapers on Sunday saying that if voters were unable to submit their documents, they could submit only enumeration forms to block-level officers.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge claimed on X that the Election Commission published the advertisements in response to pressure from the Opposition and civil society. “When faced with public opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party cleverly takes a step back,” he claimed.
In a clarification on Sunday evening, the poll...
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