Congress Alleges Massive Electoral Roll Irregularities in Bihar

Citing grave concerns, Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera alleged that an astounding 89 lakh complaints of electoral roll irregularities in Bihar were ignored by the Election Commission during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Khera asserted that this casts significant doubt on the electoral body's intentions.

Contradicting these claims, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar maintains that no authorized Booth Level Agent from Congress submitted any official complaints concerning deleted voter names. They emphasized that the current draft rolls are not final and are under public scrutiny for claims and objections.

Despite Congress's insistence on a repeat of the SIR exercise, stating numerous voter deletions and possible errors, the electoral office argues that the alleged duplications are under verification. Provisional duplications, they argue, do not invalidate the SIR process and will be scrutinized thoroughly before finalization.

(With inputs from agencies.)