Come via proper channel: Election Commission (EC) tells Owaisi, Surjewala

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday brushed aside claims of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress leader Randeep Surjewala, about the alleged irregularities and imperfections in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and advised them to lodge their complaints, if any, via proper channels.

EC’s pointed rebuttal comes on back of charges by the two tall leaders of respective parties, where they called the exclusion of 65 lakh names from draft voter list an ‘attack on constitutional democracy’ and also cried conspiracy over the procedure, alleging that this was deliberately designed to benefit a certain political party.

The draft electoral rolls for Bihar were published by the poll panel on August 1 and it has invited suggestions, complaints and grievances by parties and electors alike, leaving the window open for, if any, within a certain time frame. However, almost a week has passed, but none of the parties have posted any complaint, despite raising hue and cry over it. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday took to X and wrote: “The result of Bihar’s SIR is clear — the names of 56 lakh people have been removed.”

Hinting at manipulation of voters list in Bihar, Owaisi claimed: “The majority of the names were cut from districts where the Muslim population is higher, and where people, out of necessity, migrate to other parts of the country in search of employment. This kind of process is causing harm to those Indians who are the most vulnerable, who have no voice other than their right to vote.”  (IANS)

 
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