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BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s vote chori narrative has suffered a setback.
The Supreme Court of India. (PTI File)
The Supreme Court has observed that no voter had come forward to challenge a deletion in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that deletions from the voter roll were correctly done on grounds of death, migration and duplication despite the widespread apprehension voiced earlier about mass exclusions in Bihar.
During the hearing of a bunch of petitions challenging the legality of the SIR, CJI Surya Kant said, “We experienced a strange thing in Bihar. We kept on directing, sent our paralegal volunteers…nobody came forward to say I have been excluded.”
Reacting to the apex court’s comments, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s vote chori narrative has suffered a setback.
“Rahul Gandhi’s vote chori narrative got a setback from the Supreme Court today. The top court said apprehensions were created that names of over a crore voters would be deleted, but no one came forward to challenge it. Rahul Gandhi’s own allies like SP, TMC don’t believe in vote chori,” he said.
Bihar Sir
On June 24, 2025, Bihar’s electorate stood at 7.89 crore. As many as 65 lakh names were struck off during the course of the revision exercise. The draft electoral roll released on August 1 reflected a reduced total of 7.24 crore voters. The exercise led to the removal of 3.66 lakh ineligible electors, while 21.53 lakh eligible voters were enrolled through Form 6 submissions. The final electoral roll published on September 30 showed approximately 7.42 crore electors.
After the SIR in Bihar, the exercise is being carried out in 12 states and Union territories including Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.
Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal are scheduled to go to polls in 2026. In Assam, where Assembly elections are also due next year, the EC has announced a special revision of the electoral rolls.
Saurabh Verma covers general, national and international day-to-day news for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You can follow him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
Saurabh Verma covers general, national and international day-to-day news for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You can follow him on Twitter –twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
November 27, 2025, 3:04 PM IST
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