PATNA, Aug 14: The INDIA Alliance in Bihar welcomed the Supreme Court’s interim order asking the Election Commission to publish the list of 65 lakh voters excluded from the electoral roll after the month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar with reasons by August 19.
The Opposition leaders said that this interim order vindicates some of the basic objections and apprehensions raised by them from day one since the sudden launch of the SIR.
Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said that this is victory of the people, democracy and faith in the country’s Constitution.
He thanked people of Bihar for having confidence in his leadership and supporting the INDIA Alliance’s united struggle from streets to the House to safeguard the democratic rights of every Indian.
He said: “This is just an interim order. The hearing will continue. We will follow it minutely and continue our effort to defeat every conspiracy to snatch people’s voting rights.”
Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram said that the apex court’s “historic interim order” is a decisive step towards restoring the rights of the 65 lakh voters who were “unlawfully removed from the electoral rolls.”
He said: “This is not just a court order, but a major step in defending democratic values – the conspiracy to hide the truth has now been exposed. This is a victory of the people of Bihar and
the Constitution.”
He added: “We have always maintained that removing names from the voter list without valid reasons amounts to murder of democracy. Today, the Supreme Court has upheld the democratic values of the people of Bihar.”
He also urged people of Bihar that all affected voters must file their claims and contribute to the protection of democracy.
CPI (ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya welcomed the Supreme Court’s interim order on SIR in Bihar and said that the order rejects the Election Commission’s stubborn refusal to heed the suggestions made by the Supreme Court and addresses three core concerns about the practical implementation of the drive.
He said: “The interim order asks the EC to come clean about all the deletions with specific assigned reasons, make the information public and accessible to all electors and accept Aadhaar as a valid supporting document. This interim order vindicates some of the basic objections and apprehensions raised from day one since the sudden launch of the SIR.”
(UNI)
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