Even as Congress leader has accused ECI of 'vote theft' afresh in the clamour of opposition protests over revision of Bihar's electoral rolls, the Poll Body on Sunday reiterated that no political party submitted claims or objections regarding Bihar’s draft electoral rolls between August 1 and 10.
Opposition parties, led by Congress, have alleged large-scale voter deletions under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, with Rahul Gandhi unhesitantly using the expression of 'Vote Chori ' against the ECI .The Election Commission reiterated that it has not received a single claim or objection from any political party regarding the draft electoral rolls in Bihar.It has been over a week since the EC asked to submit claims and objections to rectify any errors in the draft electoral roll of Bihar, which was published on August 1.The Election Commission has been repeatedly asserting that no eligible elector will be left out and no ineligible elector will be included in the final electoral roll of Bihar.
The ECI stated it received 8,341 claims and objections directly from electors since the draft rolls were published on August 1, but none from political parties. Additionally, 46,588 forms were filed by new voters aged 18 or above. Under SIR rules, no name can be removed from the draft rolls without a speaking order from the Electoral Registration Officer or Assistant Electoral Registration Officer, following an enquiry and fair hearing.As per the rules, the claims & objections are to be disposed of by the concerned Electoral Registration Officer/Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (ERO/AERO) after the expiry of 7 days.
The revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls has triggered protests from the INDIA bloc in Parliament, with the Opposition claiming the exercise may result in mass voter deletions.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the ECI of “choreographing” elections. Citing alleged irregularities in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura Assembly, he claimed 1,00,250 votes were “stolen” to help the BJP sweep the seat.
"So far, after over a week since the beginning of the Claims and Objections period, not even a single claim or objection has been submitted by any political party," ECI said.The window to submit claims and objections to rectify any errors on the draft electoral rolls opened on August 1. However, the ECI has received 7,252 claims and objections directly from the electors for the draft roll till today, said the ECI in a daily bulletin on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar.
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