Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dnyanesh Kumar said on Thursday that Bihar’s draft voters will be published on August 1. Political parties and people will be given a full month’s time to add or remove names to the list. CEC Kumar said that the proposed list will be published on August 1 under the special intensive revision (SIR) process released for the voter list in Bihar. District Election Officer will provide print and digital copy of this list to all recognized political parties in all 38 districts of Bihar.
Gyanesh Kumar said that the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar and Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of all 243 assembly constituencies will seek objections and suggestions from any voter or political party from August 1 to September 1. In this, any eligible voter can apply for adding his name, removing the name of an ineligible person or any improvement in the list.
What are the opposition parties accusing
The CEC statement came at a time when the opposition parties are continuously opposing the SIR process. He says that due to lack of documents in this process, many qualified citizens can be denied the right to vote. Opposition parties also allege that the ruling BJP-JDU alliance can affect local election officials in Bihar in its favor. There is a daily ruckus during the monsoon session in both houses of Parliament on this issue.