Amid the concerns being raised by the opposition parties about the “special intensive amendment” of the electoral rolls in Pol-Bound Bihar, a delegation of India’s block leaders met Election Commission officials in New Delhi on Wednesday and said that people would struggle to produce documents being sought on such short notice, and “It is against a level-transit area in a democracy”.
Briefing the media after the meeting, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: “The main issue we went to discuss … The first point we raised that we had raised, since 2003, 22 years have passed. Four or five elections have passed in Bihar. Whether they were against the rules. Whether you could finish the head, why was it announced? January-February.
“The third point is that you are looking for documents for this. For a decade, for everything, you ask for Aadhaar card and ration card. First, for the first time, you are saying that a person’s name will not be considered. If someone does not have a birth certificate, then in a category, in a category, a single parent needs a birth certificate. A democracy requires the birth certificate. A democracy in a democracy.
“Our 11-party delegation held a meeting with the EC for three hours. Twenty people had gone from 11 parties. Before I talk about the main issue, I would say that we were told some rules about going inside for the first time. We were told that only party heads can go. It is not practical. It is not practical. Singhvi said that only two persons will be allowed.
The meeting attended the meeting, senior Congress leader Jeram Ramesh, Abhishek Manu Sinhali, Pawan Khera, Bihar Congress Chief Rajesh Ram, Bihar leader Akhilesh Prasad Singh, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha, Samjwadi Party’s Hander Malik (M) Dipankar Bhattacharya, and CPI’s D Raja.
There was no representative of TMC in the meeting. A party delegation met EC officials on Tuesday. The TMC delegation stated that it had suggested that 2024 should be used as the base year for the head of the electoral roll.
ECI sources said on Wednesday that “some people have been authorized by their party heads”. Sources said, “Nevertheless, ECI has invited two persons per party.”
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Paving the way for a nationwide practice, on June 24, the Commission announced the “special intensive amendment” of the electoral rolls in Bihar, where in 2003, all the existing voters would again have to provide documents that prove their eligibility.
The enumeration form will require voters born before 1 July 1987, which will be to provide the date and/or birth place of the installation of a document. The EC declaration came into fire from opposition parties, which expressed concern about the practice of potentially disintegrated voters.
Prior to the meeting, they appeared in a quarrel with the Congress and the EC Commission, stating that the Congress and seven other opposition parties did not confirm their participation for the meeting on Wednesday evening.
EC sources said that CPM and CPI (ML) liberation representatives had confirmed their availability for a meeting with EC at 5 pm today to discuss the intense role in Bihar. “EC sources said,” None of the eight parties including Congress have confirmed their participation. “
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the move “more dangerous than the NRC (National Register of Citizens)” and alleged that her kingdom, who was the head of elections next year, was the actual “goals”.
Reacting to the Sir announcement, the Congress said that the EC was admitting that “everything is not well with India’s electoral role” but the amendment is called “worse than the disease”.
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