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SIR Dominates CEC’s Meeting With 11 Political Parties Ahead Of Bihar Polls

Political parties questioned large-scale voter deletions and urged the Election Commission to ensure transparency ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls.

Patna: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which courted much controversy, rang across the meeting of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi with the representatives of 11 national and state political parties here on Saturday.

Several parties, especially those in the opposition, raised questions with regard to the striking off of voters from the electoral rolls and the reasons behind their non-inclusion and sought answers from the CEC

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