India, Aug. 15 -- 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 (SIR) exercise. The court also 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 6...