The district election officer in Nawada and his team transfer counts the forms of voters before the Bihar Assembly elections. | Photo Credit: PTI
On Saturday (July 2025), the India Election
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The petition submitted by NGO, the Association for Democratic Reforms, represented by advocates of Prashan Bhushan and Non Rathi, claimed that Sir Communication from the Indian Election Commission (ECI) 24 June violated the provisions of the Act on People of 1950 and the Rule 21a registration of voters of 1960.
Sir, if it is not earmarked, can arbitrarily and without the proper process to abolish voters to vote for their representatives, thus disrupting free and fair elections and democracy in a country that are part of the basic structure of the Constitution, ”the petition submitted.
He stated that the requirements for the Directive documentation, the lack of a proper process, and the undue short time for the Sir Election role in Bihar represent the risk of ejecting the names of the Lakh of real voters from the election roles that lead to them.
“More than 3 Crore voters could be excluded from the vote”
Mr. Bhushan said that Sir Moving would move the burden that he was on the list of voters from the state to citizens. “It was ruled out by identification documents such as Aadhar or shared cards that continue to marginalized communities and poor vulnerable to vote exclusion… Estimates over three Crore voters and especially marginalized communities (such as SC, SC, and migrating workers) could be excluded that they are already in accordance with It is already under the arrival.
The petition stated that the process of Sir in Bihar violated Article 326 (voting for adults) if it requires the voter to provide documents to prove his citizenship and also the citizenship of his mother or father, which would not be added to the proposal of voters and can be deleted.
“ECI HASSUED UNREASONABLE AND IMPROPTICAL TIMELINE TO CONDUCT SIR IN BIHAR With Close Proximity to State Elections WHICH ARE DUE IN NOVEMBER 2025. There Are Lakhs of Citizens Order, There Are Many Who May Be Able to Procure The Documents But the Short Timeline Mentioned in Directive May Preclude Them Being Able to Supply The Same Within The Time period… Bihar is a high degree of poverty and migration where many do not access documents or parent records, “The petition remarked.
Since 2003, five general elections have been held in Bihar and five elections to the assembly with continuous addition and deletion of names in the electoral role of Bihar.
In addition, a special summary revision (SSR) has been carried out since October 29, 2024 and January 6, 2025, which has been dealing with problems such as migration and ineligible voters for death or other reasons. “Therefore, there is no reason for such a drastic exercise in a state -related state in such a short period of time that violates the right to vote on voters,” the petition said.
Published – 5 July 2025 12:27
