New Delhi: Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on July 14 backed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of poll bound Bihar’s electoral rolls, saying that it is the responsibility of the government and the Election Commission to investigate any discrepancies in the voter list and that the poll panel is “doing a very good job.”
The Union Minister’s remarks come amid EC sources saying that a large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and ration cards during house-to-house visits carried out as part of the SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
Union Minister Manjhi also alleged that the opposition has been opposed to the revision because they themselves are “taking political advantage of these fake voters.”
“It is the responsibility of the government and the Election Commission of India to investigate the discrepancies in the voter list…I have been raising the issue that people from outside (people from Bangladesh, Myanmar) are living illegally in Bihar. Only those people should have the right to vote who are residents of Bihar,” the union minister told ANI.
Praising the poll panel for the voter list revision, he alleged that the Opposition leaders have objected to revision because they are taking advantage of the “fake voters.”
#WATCH | Delhi | On the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of the voter list in Bihar, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi says, “…It is the responsibility of the government and the Election Commission of India to investigate the discrepancies in the voter list…I have been… pic.twitter.com/Av5a31TX5W
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“The Election Commission of India is doing a very good job. The opposition leaders who are opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise mean that they are taking political advantage of these fake voters,” he said.
83.66 per cent Enumeration Forms collected
Meanwhile, the ECI in a release issued on Monday informed that over 83.66 per cent Enumeration Forms have been collected.
“With 11 more days left for the last date of submission of the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) in the ongoing Bihar SIR, after two rounds of door-to-door visits by the BLOs, out of the 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar, EFs of 6,60,67,208 or 83.66% have been collected,” read the release.
With 11 more days left for the last date of submission of the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) in the ongoing Bihar SIR, after two rounds of door-to-door visits by the BLOs, out of the 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar, EFs of 6,60,67,208 or 83.66% have been collected. So far 1.59%… pic.twitter.com/54nNjOBOj7
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The commission further informed that “So far 1.59% electors have been found deceased, 2.2% permanently shifted and 0.73% persons were found to be enrolled at more than one place. Therefore, 88.18% of electors have either already submitted their EF or died or retained their names at one place or permanently shifted out of their previous place of residence.”
It noted that only 11.82% of electors now remain to submit their filled EFs and many of them have sought time to submit their Enumeration Forms with documents in the coming days. Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in winters this year.
(With inputs from ANI)
