Bihar: Why Are Opposition Parties Silent on the Draft Voter List? No Objections Received by EC

The issue of Systematic Inspection of Electoral Rolls (SIR) is a hot topic before the Bihar assembly elections. The opposition has made several allegations regarding this. The Congress party is calling it theft of votes. Amidst all these objections, the Election Commission has made a big revelation regarding the allegations being made by the opposition. According to this, the Election Commission has not yet received a single objection from the opposition. The Election Commission is repeatedly saying that no eligible voter should be left out of the final voter list of Bihar and no ineligible voter should be added. Claims and objections should be registered to correct any errors in the draft voter list of Bihar issued on August 1. Even after this, not a single claim or objection has been registered by any political party. It has been 9 days since the beginning of the claim or objection period. There was a lot of uproar in the Parliament regarding the in-depth revision of the voter list (SIR) in Bihar. The monsoon session could not even run properly due to the uproar of the opposition. The opposition alleged that the Election Commission, in collaboration with the BJP, is stealing votes through SIR. Along with this, it has also been alleged that the names of many people have been removed. The Election Commission had issued the draft list of voters on August 1. After this list, the commission had appealed to all political parties and common citizens that anyone whose name has been removed. They can get their name re-added by providing necessary documents. However, even after the appeal of the Election Commission, no objection has been registered by any political party. In the past, the Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav had also said that he would not allow the theft of votes in Bihar to succeed in any way. For this, he and his party will continue to raise their voice. However, neither Tejashwi nor his party has made any appeal.