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Bengaluru: Yarab and his aide attack government officials during SIR exercise in riot-prone DJ Halli, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The accused Dastagir and Yarab were arguing with a Booth Level Officer (BLO) over an SIR form.
Opinions

Trump declassifies documents claiming China tried to manipulate elections to make Joe Biden win: In India, how The NewsClick saga proves the necessity for...

Shraddha Pandey -
The Trump administration in the US has declassified and publicised several intelligence and law enforcement documents from 2020, alleging that China acquired 200 million American voter data and exploited vulnerabilities in the US election system to influence the poll in Joe Biden’s favour.
News Reports

Delhi: Sabreen, Rehman, Asif and Aftab arrested for misbehaving with a woman BLO, obstructing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls

OpIndia Staff -
The four Muslim accused refused to take SIR forms and also humiliated the BLO with their actions. They have been arrested.
News Reports

Congress is getting forms filled in mosques, providing help to illegal migrants: BJP allege massive irregularities in Karnataka electoral roll revision. All you need...

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A BJP MLA stated, "Karnataka is provoking and pressurising these BLOs to illegally enroll immigrants to increase their vote share."
News Reports

Telangana: ECI says printing voter enumeration forms in 3 languages would burden exchequer after HC asks it to consider Urdu forms. Read what the...

Divya Bharti -
The Telangana High Court has directed the Election Commission to consider providing electoral revision forms in Urdu in constituencies where over 20% of voters know the language. The ECI opposed a statewide rule, arguing multilingual printing poses heavy administrative and financial burdens.
Editor's picks

Bihar: SIR data helped remove over 5.5 lakh bogus names from ration cards, here is how the government did it

OpIndia Staff -
The Bihar government has deleted over 5.5 lakh ineligible ration cards by linking its Public Distribution System with Special Intensive Revision voting data.
News Reports

Supreme Court upholds ECI’s Special Intensive Revision exercise: A detailed look at what the verdict said on electoral roll purity, citizenship verification and constitutional...

Shriti Sagar -
The Supreme Court clearly ruled that the Election Commission was fully empowered to conduct the Special Intensive Revision.
Government and Policy

West Bengal: 30 lakh beneficiaries under Lakshmir Bhandar scheme found ineligible for new Annapurna Yojana after comprehensive verification, says CM Suvendu Adhikari

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that around 30 lakh ineligible beneficiaries will be removed from the state's flagship women's cash scheme.
Editor's picks

‘It breathes life into Constitution’: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR exercise, says it strengthens free and fair elections

OpIndia Staff -
A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi delivered the judgment while hearing petitions challenging the EC’s notification issued last year for carrying out the SIR process in Bihar.
Government and Policy

ECI launches Phase III of electoral roll revision across 16 states and 3 UTs, 36.73 crore voters to be verified by nearly 4 lakh...

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission said more than 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will carry out house-to-house verification of nearly 36.73 crore voters during the latest phase of the revision exercise.
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