Voter Roll Revision Defense
Election Commission Defends Voter Roll Revision Amid Opposition Criticism and Internal Dissent
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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary rejected claims of illegal voter deletions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), saying names removed belonged to deceased, relocated or untraceable voters or duplicate registrations, and that no deletion challenges were filed. The defense comes amid reports that two Election Commissioners objected to poll-panel decisions at least 14 times, including over voter enrolment and the Form 6 declaration; the Election Commission says final SIR orders were approved unanimously and that differences are part of deliberations. The Commission has eased SIR hearings by allowing Booth Level Officers to collect documents at electors’ homes, expanded support measures and extended deadlines in Delhi and Maharashtra. In Maharashtra, opposition MLA Rohit Pawar alleged irregularities and said the 2.07 crore voters whose enumeration forms were uncollected could rise to nearly three crore; officials attributed uncollected forms to deaths, migration, untraceable voters or duplicate entries. The Form 6 declaration has drawn scrutiny, though the Commission says the form itself was not amended and that applicants must provide their parents’ SIR details. Officials report that 3.27 crore voters aged 18–28 have been added since the SIR began in Bihar in June 2025.
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Maharashtra MLA Rohit Pawar alleged that voter-record decisions had been centralised with the Election Commission in Delhi, and that some booth-level officers relied on “table surveys” rather than physical verification, with information allegedly supplied by BJP workers.
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Pawar said 1.22 crore Maharashtra voters’ records were under scrutiny, warning that some could still be disqualified; he also cited alleged post-revision errors, including living people listed as deceased and mismatched photographs or gender details.
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Opposition parties have demanded answers from Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and some have called for his resignation over the wider dispute about the Election Commission and the SIR.
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Samrat Choudhary said that a letter to the Cabinet Secretary cited in the controversy concerned a different issue, and urged political parties with concerns to provide concrete facts; he added that courts could review matters after the Election Commission’s process.
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