No objection by political events in 14 days on draft voter listing

Election Fee of India (ECI) has obtained a complete of 23,557 claims and objections over the draft voter listing after the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, out of which 741 complaints have been disposed, a press word mentioned on Thursday. In response to the press word by ECI, after 14 days, no declare or objection has been submitted by any political celebration.

A complete of 87,966 varieties have been obtained from new electors on attaining 18 years of age or above, together with six varieties obtained from BLAS.

As per guidelines, the claims and objections are to be disposed of by the involved ERO/AERO after the expiry of seven days after the verification of eligibility paperwork.

As per SIR orders, no identify could be deleted from the draft listing revealed on August 1, 2025, with out passing a talking order by the ERO/AERO after conducting an enquiry and after giving a good and affordable alternative, the press word mentioned.

The ECI revealed the draft voter listing after the SIR train in poll-bound Bihar on August 1. The ultimate voter listing might be launched after the one month given for claims and objections.

Earlier until Wednesday, the ballot physique had 17,665 complaints from the electors, out of which 341 have been disposed. Whereas a complete of 74,525 varieties have been obtained from new electors on attaining 18 years of age or above, together with six varieties obtained from BLAS.

In the meantime, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court docket started listening to a batch of petitions difficult the ECI’s determination to conduct a SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and noticed that the ballot panel was proper in stating that an Aadhaar card isn’t conclusive proof of citizenship.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi additionally remarked that the inclusion and exclusion of residents and non-citizens from the electoral rolls falls inside the remit of the ECI.

In the course of the listening to, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha, instructed the bench that the exclusion of about 65 lakh voters from the draft electoral roll, with none objection to their inclusion, is against the law.

To this, the bench mentioned that as per the Guidelines, the individuals excluded should submit purposes for inclusion, and it’s only at this stage that anybody’s objection might be thought-about.

The apex courtroom additionally didn’t agree with the submission that the individuals in Bihar should not have nearly all of paperwork sought by the ECI as proof through the SIR. 

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA employees and is revealed from ANI)