NEW DELHI: Congress birthday party leader Mallikarjun kharge on Wednesday wrote to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh to permit dialogue at the factor of Particular Extensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, calling it an “factor this is of paramount worry to crores of electorate, particularly the ones belonging to the weaker sections of the society”.Additionally Learn | Bihar SIR: Over 65 lakh electorate untraceable or duplicated; Election Fee flags deep irregularitiesIn a four-point letter to the Higher Area Deputy Chairman, the Rajya Sabha chief of opposition stated: “Opposition MPs were time and again requesting an pressing dialogue within the Area proper from the primary day of the present consultation.”
Highlighting the ruling of former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Kharge stated the Chair had dominated that the Home is “entitled to talk about the entirety below the planet with one restriction”, the restriction being “the behavior of any Pass judgement on of the Perfect Court docket or of a prime courtroom within the discharge of his tasks” except “a movement for presenting an cope with to the President praying for the removing of the pass judgement on”.“You are going to indisputably respect that the Chair is a constant entity. You your self have quoted rulings given via the Chair over the last a few years in toughen of a few of your choices. It’s transparent from this ruling of the Chair that the Rajya Sabha is entitled to talk about the problem of revision of electoral rolls, which is of basic significance in our democracy,” Kharge wrote within the letter.Additionally Learn | Parliament logjam over SIR: Congress says dialogue on ‘votebandi’ non-negotiable; asks why forget about Dhankar’s 2023 ruling?Kharge stated that the opposition MPs have time and again been requesting an pressing dialogue within the Area proper from the primary day of the present consultation.“It’s transparent from this ruling of the Chair that the Rajya Sabha is entitled to talk about the problem of revision of electoral rolls, which is of basic significance in our democracy,” he added.
Kharge’s Letter to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman
The Particular Extensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar is a targeted workout undertaken via the Election Fee of India (ECI) to make sure and replace voter information. This procedure comes to house-to-house verification to spot and take away replica, deceased, or shifted electorate, whilst additionally enrolling eligible new electorate. Initiated this 12 months, the revision in Bihar has sparked political uproar, with opposition events alleging that the method is getting used selectively to “disenfranchise electorate from marginalised communities”. The ECI, alternatively, has maintained that the revision is a regimen and important step to make sure the accuracy and integrity of the electoral rolls forward of upcoming elections.