Overview
- The Election Commission released draft Bihar rolls on August 1 after a Special Intensive Revision, showing a net removal of 65.6 lakh names and opening a one-month window for claims and objections.
- I.N.D.I.A. bloc MPs disrupted both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings with daily protests and adjournment notices to force a formal debate on the SIR process and its alleged disenfranchisement.
- Rahul Gandhi pledged to unveil “atom bomb” evidence of ECI complicity in vote manipulation, a claim the poll body dismissed as misleading and baseless.
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the SIR of targeting 6.5–10 million poor, marginalized and minority voters, while the ECI maintains the exercise complied with constitutional and legal norms.
- RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s assertion that his name was missing from the draft rolls was refuted by the ECI, which confirmed his registration and is investigating his EPIC verification discrepancy.