New Delhi, Aug 19
With 13 days still left for filing claims and objections, the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer’s office has received 52,275 applications directly from individual voters regarding inclusion or exclusion of names in the state’s draft electoral rolls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Tuesday, adding that no political party has filed any complaint so far.
According to the poll panel, so far, 1,765 applications have been disposed of by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). As per the rules, claims and objections are decided seven days after the verification of supporting documents is completed.
Significantly, the Commission underlined that not a single political party has submitted any complaint or objection even after 19 days of the publication of the draft rolls on August 1.
The ECI said that since August 1, as many as 1,73,016 new electors -- who turned 18 after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise -- have filed forms for inclusion in the voter list.
While the draft rolls were published on August 1, the Commission has provided a one-month window for individuals, parties, and their 1.6 lakh booth-level agents (BLAs) to raise objections or submit corrections. Of these, the RJD has 47,506 BLAs, the Congress 17,549, and Left parties over 2,000, together accounting for more than 67,000.