SIR helped Bihar achieve record poll turnout, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar

August 16, 2026 admin

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday (August 16, 2026) said that the ‘successful’ conduct of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped to increase the voter turnout in the State Assembly election that followed. Mr. Kumar landed in Patna…

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Bihar SIR hearing LIVE: SC upholds SIR, says it is in consonance with Representation of the People Act

May 27, 2026 admin

SC upholds SIR, says just because the exercise does not adhere strictly to modalities, it cannot be invalidated Supreme Court, while delivering the verdict on the SIR exercise in Bihar, upholds the judgment. Just because the exercise does not adhere strictly to modalities, it cannot be invalidated, the top court says. The apex court says…

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