High Drama As Opposition Marches To Poll Body’s Central Delhi Office In Bihar SIR Showdown

Last Updated:August 11, 2025, 12:14 is

Jairam Ramesh has informed the Election Commission about the Opposition MPs march from Parliament to Nirvachan Sadan and sought a collective meeting over Bihar SIR.

New Delhi: TMC MPs Saayoni Ghosh, June Maliah with ‘Picchde, Dalit, Alpsankhyak’ (PDA) and opposition leaders at a protest against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar (Photo: PTI)

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday addressed a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI), underscoring that Opposition MPs intended to collectively hand over a memorandum, not merely send a small delegation.

In the letter dated August 10, Ramesh, writing on behalf of political parties in Opposition in Parliament, informed the Chief Election Commissioner that all Opposition MPs would stage a peaceful march from the Parliament House to Nirvachan Sadan on August 11 after 11.30 am.

The MPs sought a meeting with the Commission to raise concerns, including but not limited to, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls being undertaken in Bihar and planned in other states.

“I am writing to inform the Commission that all Opposition MPs are staging a peaceful march from Parliament House to Nirvachan Sadan on August 11, 2025, after 1130am,” Jairam Ramesh’s letter read.

“Thereafter, the MPs wish to collectively meet with the Commission on a host of issues, including but not limited to Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls being undertaken in Bihar and proposed to be undertaken in other states as well,” he mentioned.

“We look forward to meeting with the Commission which will be in keeping with the highest tradition of our parliamentary democracy,” he added.

Later, the Election Commission gave an appointment for 12 pm to the Opposition MPs.

Members of Parliament from Opposition parties in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are marching from Makar Dwar in Parliament to the Election Commission office at Nirvachan Sadan on Monday.

Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police said that no permission has been sought so far for the proposed march by the INDIA Bloc from Parliament to the Election Commission.

On Sunday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the INDIA bloc MPs had marched from the Parliament to the Election Commission’s office on Monday to protest the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of “voter fraud” during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

At a press conference, Digvijaya Singh alleged that all the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were filling out “fake forms” in one room.

He stated, “Rahul Gandhi put forward such facts that no one could deny. The name of one person appeared at multiple locations, including polling booths. Rahul Gandhi’s demand was for electronic data of the voter list, which could be scanned using software to determine how many votes were cast on a single EPIC number.”

“The reason for the SIR happening in Bihar was questioned. It had been thoroughly tested in 2003, which took 2 years in Bihar, but this time they wanted to do it in 1 month,” Singh had said.

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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

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