India, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court has risen to the occasion by ordering the Election Commission of India (ECI) to give details of 65 lakh deleted voters of Bihar and reasons for the cancellation, and has opened avenues for appeal. The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi rightly said, basically, the ECI lacks trust in the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The timing of conducting the SIR in Bihar by the Commission was real suspect as it happens barely seven months ahead of the Bihar polls. SIR is important and is conducted every 10 years, normally after the Census. The last SIR was conducted in 2003, a year before the Lok Sabha election of 2004.
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