NEW DELHI, July 2 -- Leaders of 11 INDIA bloc parties met the Election Commission (EC) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar and raised their concerns, and alleged that over two crore voters of the state may be disenfranchised by this exercise being done just ahead of assembly elections later this year.

Leaders from 11 parties, including the Congress, RJD, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, NCP-SP and Samajwadi Party, met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other election commissioners, objecting to the special scrutiny being conducted just a few months ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar.

Briefing the media after the almost three.hour marathon meeting, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said:...