Union Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan addresses the press at the Patna Secretariat along with Bihar Rural Development Minister Shravan Kumar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Centre would release funds for the construction of rural roads in Bihar as soon as the State government sent its proposal and carried out a … Read more
Demanding a halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, INDIA bloc leaders on Monday (July 7, 2025) criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), and said the poll body was in a confused situation. Addressing a press conference in Patna, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addresses a press conference on Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, in Patna on July 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) accused the … Read more
At least five out of the 11 key documents sought by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for Bihar’s voters’ list revision do not indicate the applicant’s place or date of birth — one of the pre-requisites for inclusion in the electoral rolls. Aadhaar, voter identity cards issued by the Election Commission of India (Electors … Read more
‘The SIR also has features of the ordeal the people of Assam experienced during the National Register of Citizens exercise’ | Photo Credit: AP We are now in the second week since the sudden launch of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, on June 24, 2025. By now we all … Read more
RJD leader Manoj Jha. File | Photo Credit: PTI Petitions challenging the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar are mounting with RJD MP Manoj Jha moving the Supreme Court. Mr. Jha termed the SIR process in the State “ill-timed and … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP With the State Assembly elections just months away, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Patna on Wednesday (July 9, 2025), to join State-wide bandh called by Opposition parties over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,new labour code and deteriorating law and … Read more
Voters show the enumeration forms given by a Booth Level Officer (BLO) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Vaishali district, Bihar. Photo: X/@ECISVEEP via PTI The Supreme Court on Monday (July 7, 2025) agreed to urgently hear on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging the legality of the special intensive … Read more
Voters show enumeration forms given by District Election Officer cum District Officer. Photo: X/@CEOBihar via PTI Even as a pitched legal battle lies ahead for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Monday (July 7, 2025) drew petitioners’ attention to a judgment which observed that the Constitution does not “exalt” … Read more
Voters show the enumeration forms given by a booth-level officer (BLO) during the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, in Vaishali district. Photo: X@ECISVEEP via PTI The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday (July 5, 2025) said that the special intensive revision (SIR) is underway in full swing in Bihar. Booth-level officers (BLOs), … Read more
The Election Commission of India has allowed Bihar voters more time to submit one of the 11 documents required for validation in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the State’s upcoming Assembly election, even while insisting that the SIR was “being implemented smoothly at the ground level”. The ECI’s announcement … Read more
TMC leader Mahua Moitra. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Trinamool Congress leader and Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Election Commission of India for special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. In her plea, Ms. Moitra said she seeks setting aside of the … Read more
LJP (RV) leader Chirag Paswan addressing a rally in Saran, Bihar, on July 6, 2025. Picture: Screenshot from video posted on X/@iChiragPaswan Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) President Chirag Paswan on Sunday criticised his own government and reiterated that he will contest in the upcoming Assembly election. Mr. Paswan took the potshot … Read more
The Election Commission has said that verification will start vigorously from August 2, 2025, onwards after the publication of the draft electoral rolls. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Election Commission (EC) on Friday (July 4, 2025) said that over 87% of the enumeration forms had already been distributed to nearly 1.5 crore … Read more
File photo of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: ANI With prominent businessman Gopal Khemka being shot dead outside his residence in Patna, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (July 6, 2025) lashed out at the Nitish Kumar government and said the incident has once again … Read more
Congress General Secretary K.C Venugopal. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Alleging that the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar is a “sinister exercise,” the Congress on Friday (July 4, 2025) said it would not “let this go through”. “This government specialises in giving people hell. The SIR is a sinister exercise … Read more
Leaders from India Alliance addresses media after coming out of ECI in New Delhi on July 02, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap A day after their meeting with the Election Commission (EC) on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the Assembly election, the INDIA bloc is … Read more
State Congress chief Rajesh Kumar announced the launch of the drive at Bihar Congress HQ. Photo credit: X/@LambaAlka Ahead of the State Assembly elections in Bihar, the Congress is set to distribute five lakh sanitary pad packets to women, featuring party leader Rahul Gandhi’s photograph, a move that has drawn strong criticism from the ruling … Read more
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav with Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram and Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahni speaks to the media after visiting the State Election Commission, in Patna, Friday, July 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A delegation of INDIA bloc leaders on Friday (July 4, 2025) met Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinod … Read more
CPI General Secretary D. Raja addresses a press conference in New Delhi on July 04, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Underlining the danger that several lakh voters could face exclusion from the electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being undertaken in Bihar by the Election Commission, Communist Party of India (CPI) … Read more
The BJP had raised a “serious issue” that those who called themselves socialists in Bihar were in reality “namazwadis”, and that ‘these people neither accept nor respect Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution,” Gaurav Bhatia, BJP national spokesperson, said. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (July 1, 2025) slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal … Read more
Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) national president and former Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Thursday (July 3, 2025) claimed to have had positive talks with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav. Photo credit: X/@PashupatiParas Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) national president and former Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Thursday (July 3, 2025) … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressing the BJP State Working Committee meeting in Patna, Bihar on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: PTI PATNA Ahead of the Assembly election later this year in Bihar, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh targeted the opposition Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday, alleging that … Read more
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. | Photo Credit: PTI BJP MP Jagdambika Pal on Wednesday (July 2, 2025) launched a scathing attack on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, accusing him of attempting to mislead the people of Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls. Mr. Pal’s remarks came during a press conference in Mumbai, … Read more
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday (July 1, 2025) said that a meeting scheduled on July 2 with Opposition parties on the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar has been postponed as the parties did not provide confirmation for the same. Photo credit: X/@ECISVEEP The Election Commission of India on … Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, right, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: ANI In a move viewed as a significant gesture of alliance solidarity ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, posters featuring both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were prominently displayed inside and outside the Janata Dal … Read more
The Election Commission will soon upload the 2003 Bihar electoral roll on its website to facilitate the nearly 4.96 crore voters whose names figure on it extract the relevant portion to be attached with the enumeration form for the special intensive revision of the voters’ list. According to the instructions issued by the poll charge … Read more
Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Sunday (June 29, 2025) pledged to transform Bihar while addressing an impressive crowd at the “Bahujan Bhim Sankalp Samagam” held in Nalanda’s Rajgir, the home district of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. It was Mr. Paswan first public rally after making a formal … Read more
An elderly voter receives the enumeration from a Booth Level Officer in Bihar’s Madhubani during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the State. Photo: X@ECISVEEP via PTI Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls for Bihar, the Election Commission of India on Monday (June 30, 2025) uploaded the 2003 voter … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, asserted that eligible citizens should register themselves as voters only in constituencies of which they are ordinary residents and not the place where they own a house. Photo credit: PIB With the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner … Read more