Bihar Voter List Row| RJD Moves SC Against EC’s Special Revision Order
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Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD has moved the Supreme Courtroom difficult the Election Fee’s Particular Intensive Revision of Bihar’s voter record. Kapil Sibal, representing RJD, has urged for an pressing listening to forward of the upcoming elections.
Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) approached the Supreme Courtroom to contest the Election Fee’s order relating to the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the place elections are anticipated later this yr.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal will symbolize the RJD and has requested an expedited listening to on Monday.
The Election Fee, On June 24, introduced the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar to make sure that solely eligible residents are allowed to vote.
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This resolution was prompted by elements resembling fast urbanization, frequent migration, younger residents reaching voting age, unreported deaths, and the inclusion of names of unlawful immigrants. The Fee emphasised its dedication to adhering to constitutional and authorized requirements throughout the revision course of.
The petition, filed by Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha, provides to a rising variety of political voices opposing the Election Fee’s resolution, which entails making ready a draft record of current voters based mostly on obtained enumeration types.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra claimed that the SIR order aimed to disenfranchise real younger voters within the upcoming elections, predicting that the Fee’s subsequent goal could be West Bengal.
She argued that this order would forestall numerous voters born between July 1, 1987, and December 2, 2004, from collaborating, in the end benefiting the BJP on the nationwide stage.
Earlier, her social gathering chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described the EC’s order as a “diabolical sport plan.”
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asserted that voters in Bihar would reply to the BJP’s “assault on democracy and the Structure,” claiming that almost eight crore folks could be adversely affected by this train.
The INDI alliance has additionally determined to focus on this situation within the state on July 9, coinciding with a nationwide strike initiated by Left-leaning commerce unions.
Mr. Jha’s social gathering colleague, Tejashwi Jha, beforehand questioned why this train was being performed solely in Bihar, in contrast to the nationwide revision that befell in 2003.
A number of civil society organizations, together with PUCL and the Affiliation of Democratic Reforms, together with activists like Yogendra Yadav, have additionally approached the Supreme Courtroom in opposition to the directive to conduct the SIR.
In protection of the train, the BJP-led NDA accused the opposition of fabricating excuses in mild of an impending electoral defeat.
The Election Fee said on Sunday that the primary section of the train had been carried out easily in Bihar, dismissing allegations of manipulation favoring the ruling social gathering.
The Fee affirmed,
“It’s reiterated that SIR is being performed as per the SIR directions dated June 24, 2025, and there’s no change within the directions,”
It additionally detailed the method, which incorporates house-to-house visits, capturing reside images, and aiding voters with type submissions.
Electors have till July 25 to submit their paperwork, and the draft electoral rolls are set to be revealed on August 1.
