š“ Bihar Voter Roll Controversy EXPLAINED | Shibnath Reports | Democratic News TV š Assembly Elections 2025 | Supreme Court Hearing | Aadhaar Exclusion Debate In this episode, anchor Shibnath breaks down the latest controversy shaking Biharās electoral landscape. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has called the exclusion of Aadhaar and ration cards from Biharās Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process āabsurd,ā warning that it may lead to mass disenfranchisement ahead of the 2025 Assembly elections. āļø The case is now before the Supreme Court of India, where ADR accuses the Election Commission (ECI) of arbitrary action, lack of transparency, and violating Articles 14, 19, 21, 325, and 326 of the Constitution. š Highlights of the report: ā¢ Why is Aadhaar not accepted, but less secure documents are? ā¢ Could over 65 lakh voters be dropped from the rolls? ā¢ What are the legal and constitutional implications? ā¢ How the INDIA bloc and opposition parties are protesting in Parliament. ā¢ ECIās defense and response to Priyanka Gandhiās claims. š³ļø With Biharās elections around the corner, is this a legitimate roll revision or backdoor NRC? Find out now! š¢ Subscribe to Democratic News TV for more in-depth coverage. š Like | š¬ Comment | š Hit the bell icon for alerts! #BiharElections2025 #SIR #VoterListRow #ADR #Aadhaar #ElectionCommission #ShibnathReports #DemocraticNewsTV #SupremeCourtIndia #BJP #Congress #VoterSuppression #IndianDemocracy
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00:35Now, we dive into a growing national controversy.
00:39As Bihar prepares for its upcoming assembly elections, a special intensive revision of electoral rolls has sparked outrage.
00:48At the heart of the debate, exclusion of Aadhaar, fears of disenfranchisement and accusations of voter suppression.
00:55Is this a democratic safeguard or a silent purge?
01:00Stay tuned as we break down the entire issue.
01:04The Association for Democratic Reforms, Aadhaar, a prominent electoral watchdog,
01:10has filed a sharp rejoinder in the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India's ECI, Special Intensive Revision, Sir, of electoral rolls in Bihar.
01:25What are you doing?!
01:39Well, I would lose...
01:41Right here I see.
01:44Okay, cool.
01:48Thanks.
02:48The most widely held identity document for electoral verification lacks rationality and fairness.
02:56The NGO further stated that the 11 documents the ECI has accepted are equally prone to misuse and can be acquired using fake or false paperwork.
03:06More troubling, says ADR, is the lack of a defined process in the current CERP.
03:12Electoral registration officers, EROs, are granted excessive discretion without adequate checks.
03:20Some EROs reportedly handle enumeration forms of over 3 lakh voters, raising concerns over administrative capacity and transparency.
03:30Media reports indicate that in many cases, forms are being filled out without the voter being present.
03:37This, ADR warns, can result in arbitrary decisions and potential large-scale disenfranchisement, especially among marginalized voters who lack proper documentation.
03:49With elections in Bihar expected by October-November 2025, the short timeline poses risks to eligible voters who find their names missing from the revised rolls.
04:01ADR also challenged the ECI's rationale.
04:03ADR also challenged the ECI's rationale.
04:04ADR also challenged the ECI's rationale.
04:05that the CERP is necessary due to voter migration.
04:09ADR also challenged the ECI's rationale that the SIR is necessary due to voter migration,
04:34saying that electoral roll updates are already an ongoing process nationwide.
04:40It accused the ECI of shifting the burden of proving citizenship to existing voters,
04:46a move that contradicts Supreme Court judgments which affirm that those already on the electoral roll are presumed citizens.
04:54Furthermore, ADR cited the 1985 Inderjeep Barua case and 1995 Lal Babu Hussein verdict
05:02to assert that the ECI has no legal right to presume existing voters as non-citizens without due process.
05:10The NGO warned that the entire SIR operation could violate constitutional rights under Articles 14, 19, 21, 325 and 326
05:21and does not adhere to provisions under the representation of the People Act 1950.
05:32The Nismina and the National Recurderment
05:45What?
05:45The Nismina and the Nismina and the Nismina and the Nismina and the Nismina and the Nismina.
05:53In its defense, the ECI has asserted that it possesses plenary powers under Article
06:22324 of the Constitution and Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act 1950 to
06:30conduct such revisions. The poll body insists that the SIR is essential to cleanse the roles
06:37of inaccuracies caused by urban migration, deaths and duplications. As of 25th July, the last day for
06:45form submissions under SIR, the ECI reported that 7.23 crore enumeration forms had been
06:52received and digitized. However, data reveals that approximately 66 lakh voters may not find
07:00their names in the upcoming draft role set to be published on 1st August. Among these,
07:0622 lakhs are reportedly diseased, 7 lakhs are duplicates and 35 lakhs have either migrated
07:13or couldn't be traced. Another 1.2 lakh enumeration forms are still pending.
07:19The ECI says all major political parties in Bihar, including the BJP, Congress, RGD, JD, U and
07:29others have been given voter data lists for verification and claims can be filed between 1st August and
07:361st September. The SIR exercise has triggered an uproar in Parliament. Leaders from the India
07:44Bloc, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Wadra, Rabdi Devi and Mahua Moitra have accused the ECI
07:51of acting as a political tool of the BJP.
07:54Voter deletion, voter addition, new voters who are way above 18, so we have caught them.
08:04Okay, and I want to send a message to the election commission. If you think you are going to get
08:08away with this, if your officers think you are going to get away with this, you are mistaken.
08:12You are mistaken. You are not going to get away with it, because we are going to come for
08:15you. Protests rocked both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for five consecutive days, with opposition
08:21MPs marching to Parliament, raising slogans like Save Democracy and Stop Vote Bandi. In a
08:29symbolic protest, Congress President Mallikarjun Khadge and other India Bloc leaders placed their
08:35posters in a bin outside Parliament, calling the exercise a disguised National Register of
