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“The Election Commission (EC) should specify the grounds for deleting 3.66 lakh further voters,” CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said, saying deficiency of clarity successful the final electoral rotation published connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) for Bihar up of the Assembly polls successful the State is simply a substance of concern.
Mr. Bhattacharya flagged 4 cardinal problems with the last electoral roll. “First and foremost we inactive don’t cognize however galore of those who were wrongfully deleted from the draught rotation person been restored successful the last roll. The disproportionate deletion of women from the elector rolls is besides worrying,” helium said.
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“There were 914 women per 1,000 antheral voters connected the electoral rotation earlier the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). It has present travel down to 892.” Mr. Bhattacharya said, “There are respective constituencies wherever the fig of voters successful the last database is little than that of the draught rotation published connected August 1.”
The last electoral rotation released connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) has 7.42 crore names. Prior to the peculiar intensive revision, the State had 7.89 crore voters arsenic connected June 24, 2025. When the draught database was released connected August 1, 2025, determination were 7.24 crore names with 65 lakh removed. On the last list, 21.53 lakh names were added and 3.66 lakh removed.
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“The EC directed those who person been wrongfully deleted to usage Form 6 to enroll themselves afresh successful elector rolls. This signifier was usually utilized for archetypal clip voters. EC should supply clarity connected however galore of those added utilizing Form 6 are archetypal clip voters,” helium said.
Mr. Bhattacharya besides flagged reports, which revealed that astatine slightest 6,000 cases of deletions are owed to the radical being recovered “non citizens of India.” No specified fig had emerged aft the draught rotation was published. “This is simply a important number. The EC indispensable springiness america wide answers connected however they arrived astatine this figure,” helium added.
He said, “If the answers aren’t forthcoming, the Opposition volition person to attack the Supreme Court erstwhile again.
