“Baseless and untrue”: Officials on Nawada resident claims of exclusion of name from ECI draft electoral list

Patna: Hours after a woman resident of Rohtas district denied about exclusion of her family members name from the Election Commission of India’s [ECI’s] draft voter list, claiming that she was misled by local ward members, another such allegation of voter disfranchisement has turned out to be untrue during investigations done by authorities.

Upon investigating the allegation labelled by Nawada’s resident, Subodh Kumar that his name was removed from the electoral roll during the draft publication of the Special Intensive Revision [SIR] drive, the authorities have found that Kumar’s name was never recorded in the electoral roll, even prior to the publication of the ECI’s draft electoral list.

Sharing the details, District Magistrate, Nawada while taking to X posted “The Electoral Registration Officer-cum-Land Reforms Deputy Collector, Nawada Sadar, of the Warisaliganj Assembly Constituency (239) stated that on 19.08.2025, Shri Subodh Kumar, son of the late Shyamli Singh, alleged that his name was removed from the electoral roll during the draft publication of the Special Intensive Revision 2025. In this regard, based on the letter sent by the Block Development Officer, Kashichak, and the report of B.L.O. No. 10, Shri Manoj Kumar, it was clarified that Shri Subodh Kumar’s name was not listed in the electoral roll of the Warisaliganj Assembly Constituency, Kashichak Block, Polling Station No. 10 (Anu. Pra. Vi., Mahrath) even prior to the draft publication”.

“The Electoral Registration Officer stated that upon reviewing the consolidated electoral roll published under the Special Summary Revision 2025 (dated 29.10.2024), the subsequent supplementary list (eligibility date 01.01.2025), and the draft of the Special Intensive Revision 2025 (dated 01.08.2025), it was found that while other members of Shri Subodh Kumar’s family were transferred from Polling Station No. 09 (Anu. Pra. Vi., Mahrath, Western Part, House No. 126) to Polling Station No. 10, Shri Subodh Kumar’s name was never recorded in the electoral roll at any point,” added District Magistrate, Nawada.

He added “Furthermore, as per the orders of the Honorable Supreme Court, Shri Subodh Kumar’s name is also not listed in the published list of deleted electors. At the time when the B.L.O. was affixing this list at the polling station, Shri Subodh Kumar was personally present at the booth, as evident from photographs, and his signature is also present in the attendance register. However, even when asked by the B.L.O., he did not submit the required form”.

“Consequently, after the draft publication of the Special Intensive Revision 2025, he neither filed any claim/objection nor submitted Form-6 or the necessary declaration (Annexure-D). Thus, it is clear that the allegation made by Shri Subodh Kumar is baseless and untrue. In the future, if he submits Form-6 and the necessary declaration as per the rules, his name will be included in the electoral roll,” added District Magistrate, Nawada.

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वारिसलीगंज विधानसभा क्षेत्र (239) के निर्वाचक निबंधन पदाधिकारी-सह-भूमि सुधार उपसमाहर्त्ता, नवादा सदर ने बताया कि दिनांक 19.08.2025… https://t.co/yDgp1eerPr

— Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar (@CEOBihar) August 19, 2025

Notably, Subodh Kumar a booth level agent of Rashtriya Janata Dal [RJD] was earlier seen with Leader of Opposition [LoP] Rahul Gandhi during the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’. Kumar had claimed that his name was removed from the electoral list. The Congress MP had also posted the video of his interaction with Kumar on X, alleging that whatever has happened with Kumar is happening with lakhs of people in Bihar. However, investigation by the authorities has revealed that Kumar’s allegations were not true in nature

The development occurred on the heels of a woman resident from Rohtas district, Ranju Devi alleging that she was misled by the local ward members in claiming about exclusion of his family members name from the ECI’s draft electoral list.

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During her interaction with the opposition leaders, Devi had earlier claimed that names of 6 of her family members were missing from the draft voter list published by the ECI. However, Devi on Tuesday disclosed that she was mislead by the local ward secretary to make such claims before the Congress MP.

“Two of our local ward members took out a list and informed us that names of 6 family members are missing and that we should go and meet Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav to get the names added in the list. As we are illiterate and poor we said what we are told ,” stated Devi while admitting that the names of all of her family members including herself is there in the newly published draft voter list.