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Samrat Choudhary Says Bihar SIR Dispute Should End
Bihar carried out a special check of its voter list.
Samrat Choudhary said the Election Commission agreed on how the check was conducted.
He said the Commission also explained that a letter to the Cabinet Secretary was about another matter.
The check found that some voters had moved away.
It also found voters who had died and people registered in more than one place.
Seven lakh duplicate registrations were removed.
The final list had 7.42 crore voters.
Choudhary said political parties should bring clear facts if they find mistakes.
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said the dispute over the Special Intensive Revision should now be put to rest.
He cited a joint statement by the Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners confirming consensus on the poll panel’s decisions.
Choudhary said the Election Commission clarified that its letter to the Cabinet Secretary concerned a different issue.
He said the Bihar SIR identified 36 lakh shifted voters, 22 lakh deceased voters and seven lakh duplicate registrations.
The final electoral roll contained 7.42 crore voters, and Choudhary said no one challenged the deletion of the seven lakh duplicate entries.
- Who
- Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, the Election Commission, Congress and other political parties.
- What
- Choudhary defended the Election Commission’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision and said the dispute should end.
- Where
- Bihar, India.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not provide an exact date.
- Why
- Choudhary said the Election Commission had confirmed consensus on its decisions and that the voter-list review identified shifted, deceased and duplicate registrations.
Key facts
- Process
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s voter list
- Final voter list
- 7.42 crore voters
- Voters reported as shifted
- 36 lakh
- Voters reported deceased
- 22 lakh
- Duplicate registrations identified
- 7 lakh
- Election Commission position
- The Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners issued a joint statement confirming consensus on the decisions.
Quotes
Samrat Choudhary
Bihar Chief Minister discussing the Special Intensive Revision and voter-roll deletions
“No one questioned the deletion of seven lakh voters during the SIR (in Bihar), and all objections raised by Congress and other political parties were addressed. The SIR process revealed that 36 lakh voters had shifted, 22 lakh had died, and seven lakh were registered in more than one place. We ended up with a final list of 7.42 crore voters. No one challenged those seven lakh deletions.”
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