Bihar Elections: The controversy over the investigation and reform of the voter list in Bihar has reached the Supreme Court. The NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has filed a petition and opposed this move of the Election Commission. In the petition filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan, the order of the Commission has been described as arbitrary and impressing the fair election.
The NGO has said that due to the Special Intensive Revision (Special intensive revision) campaign of the Election Commission, millions of people are feared to be removed from the voter list. In this way, these people will be deprived of voting in Bihar assembly elections. Therefore, the order of the Election Commission issued on 24 June 2025 needs to be canceled immediately.
Voter list work started on June 28
Voter revision campaign has started in Bihar from 28 June. This will be completed by 30 September. After this, a new voter list will be released. Opposition parties like RJD and Congress in Bihar are protesting this campaign as undemocratic. Now this matter has reached the Supreme Court.
What is said in the petition?
The ADR petition states that the kind of documents being sought for the voter confirmation is impractical. Very little time has been kept to complete the process of investigation-reforming related to the confirmation of crores of voters. In such a situation, it is clear that the name of many voters will be out of the voter list.
Independent and fair election is an integral part of the constitution. The decision of the Election Commission is affecting it. The petition claimed that the special intensive revision campaign is against Articles 14, 19, 21, 325 and 326 of the Constitution. Also, it is also against the provisions of the Representation of People Act, 1950 and Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.