Published names of all excluded voters, EC tells SC

THE APEX COURT HAD DIRECTED ECI TO PLACE NAMES OF ALL 6.5MILLION EXCLUDED VOTERS IN PUBLIC DOMAI

- Utkarsh Anand

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that it has complied with the court's directions on transparency in Bihar’s electoral roll revision, publishing the booth-wise list of nearly 6.5 million voters whose names are missing from the draft rolls along with reasons for their exclusion.

The move comes a day ahead of Friday's crucial hearing on petitions alleging large-scale deletions during the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise.

In a compliance affidavit, the poll panel said: “That in light of the order passed by this Hon’ble Court, the booth-wise list of about 65 lakh persons whose names do not appear in the Draft electoral Roll has been published on the website of all 38 District Election Officers in the State of Bihar, along with reasons for their non-inclusion in the Draft Electoral Roll, i.e., whether it is on account of death, shifting of ordinary residence or duplicate entries.”