Two things we have objected to as preliminary issues: 1. The requirement that only the head or chairperson or president of the political parties could attend. 2. The rather pedantic insistence on two persons per party has no legal basis or sanction, which is most unfortunate. We have requested... them to work out a system to ensure it doesn't recur. On the merits, we raised several issues: 👉 Firstly, we questioned the timing of the revision, given that the last revision was in 2003. For 22 years and over 4-5 elections: were all those elections completely unreliable and imperfect? 👉 Secondly, the Special Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR) held in 2003 took place a year before the national Lok Sabha elections of 2004 and 24 months before the assembly elections. In contrast, the current electoral revision exercise for Bihar is being conducted with a maximum period of only 1-2 months. 👉 Thirdly, this disenfranchisement is the worst attack on the basic structure of the Constitution. You have abandoned the documentation process that has been in use for decades, such as Aadhaar cards or ration cards. Unless one is already in the electoral roll of 2003, all other names require a birth certificate, and in one category, the birth certificates of both parents are needed. How do you expect the backward, flood-affected, poor, and migrant populations to run from pillar to post to obtain birth certificates for themselves or their parents? If a person fails to obtain the certificate within the time limit, they risk losing their place on the electoral roll. They had an SSR, which is a summary revision, in October 2024. You give statements about educating voters and political parties, and having training camps for BLOs and for electoral officers. They said so in the published Election Commission statements of January, April and May, and finally, in the middle of June, gave a statement for conducting SIR. Our question is: why didn't you mention it before? The Election Commission, although they heard us, seemed completely disinclined to accept our submissions. : Member of Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE) Shri Abhishek Singhvi 📍 Delhishow more

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