Bihar SIR: ADR moves SC seeking disclosure of voters omitted in draft rolls

New Delhi: The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), on Tuesday, filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to release details of nearly 65 lakh voters whose names were omitted in the recently published draft electoral rolls in Bihar.

In a bid to enable political parties, general public and the petitioners to cross check and verify the draft electoral rolls, the plea demanded the ECI to release constituency and booth-wise list of names and details of voters whose enumeration forms were not submitted along with reasons for non-submission (like death, permanently shifted, duplicate, untraceable, etc.) against each name.

The plea also sought Assembly constituency and booth wise list of voters on the draft electoral rolls, whose enumeration forms have been "not recommended" by the Booth Level Officer.

The application cited the ECI's press statement dated July 25, which said that nearly 65 lakh voter names are likely to be deleted from the existing electoral rolls as a result of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (IANS)

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