Oppn hails SC order on draft roll, EC cites Aadhaar validity

The Opposition on Thursday described as “beacon of hope” and a “massive victory for democracy” the Supreme Court's direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to make public the list of nearly 6.5 million voters whose names have been left out of Bihar's draft electoral rolls during the special intensive revision exercise.

- Vrinda Tulsian

The court allowed people aggrieved by the deletion of their names to approach the poll officials along with their Aadhaar card.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the campaign by millions of aware citizens, the Congress, and Rahul Gandhi has achieved its first success through the intervention of the Supreme Court. “...During SIR in Bihar, according to the ECI, the data of the 65 lakh (6.5 million) people who were excluded from the voter list will now have to be made public by the ECI, which will increase transparency,” Kharge said in a post in Hindi on X, welcoming the decision of the top court in the public interest.