Patna: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday evaded queries related to issues raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on the issue of ‘ghuspaithiya’ (infiltrators) and ‘vote theft’ respectively, but expressed his full satisfaction over the manner in which Bihar voters’ list was ‘purified’ by weeding out bogus voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

“We are extremely happy and satisfied with the way SIR has been conducted in Bihar.

\"This ‘purification’ of voters list in the State was quite necessary as it brought down the genuine voters from 7.89 crore to 7.42 crore voters.

Anyone who is not eligible to vote has been struck off the list and those who are eligible have been added to the electoral roll,” said the CEC, fla

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