Election Administration

The Bihar BJP announced a 15-day statewide campaign focusing on electoral-roll accuracy, voting rights and democratic institutions, setting out a programme of district-level outreach.

The campaign reflects how electoral-roll revision has become a political issue involving voter inclusion, election administration and institutional credibility. Claims about deleted names should be assessed using official records and individual cases rather than political statements alone.

INDIA bloc leaders, including RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, have intensified protests over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged irregularities. The demonstrations have triggered a political exchange, with opposition parties demanding electoral safeguards and BJP leaders questioning their protests.

Jan Suraaj Party founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor has described the deployment of 40,000 paramilitary personnel during a Delhi protest as evidence of its impact. Supporting the opposition's demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, Kishor said the Election Commission's credibility had come under serious scrutiny over the past eight to ten years.

INDIA bloc parties in Bihar have demanded that the 2025 Assembly election be declared invalid and fresh polls be conducted, alleging electoral irregularities. Led by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, opposition leaders submitted a memorandum to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain seeking six measures, including a halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.