The Election Commission (EC) on Monday released the names of 65 lakh people, which were removed from the draft voter list published under the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise.
The development came under the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s directive stating that the details of the removed names should be made public by August 19 and the compliance report should be filed by 22 August.
He informed that the Election Commission is publishing the names of ‘ASD’ (absent, transferred and dead) voters at polling stations and it is likely to be done online as per the instructions of the Supreme Court.
According to Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), ASD lists have been displayed at polling stations in Rohtas, Begusarai, Arwal and other places.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission reacted strongly to the Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’.
The Election Commission accused political parties of targeting voters and putting the charge on the Election Commission. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked Rahul Gandhi to submit an affidavit with evidence within 7 days or apologize in public.
