New Delhi, Sep 1
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday said that only 144 claims and objections have been filed by political parties in Bihar on the draft roll of 7.24 crore electors, as the filing window closed on Monday.
Of these, 118 were submitted by the CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation -- including 15 for inclusion and 103 for exclusion. The BJP filed 16 objections for exclusion, while the RJD submitted just 10 for inclusion.
In contrast, electors themselves filed nearly 2.53 lakh claims and objections for inclusion of eligible voters and exclusion of ineligible ones, of which 40,630 have already been disposed of, the Commission said.
Overall, it received 16.56 lakh claims and objections directly from individual electors across the state, with 91,462 disposed of so far.
The data was released even as the Congress and RJD intensified their criticism of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, alleging it was designed to disenfranchise voters.