The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to provide details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from Bihar’s final electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision exercise. Congress criticized the EC over transparency, accuracy, and fairness of the process

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to provide it with the details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from the final electoral roll prepared after Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision ( SIR ) exercise. The EC informed the apex court that most of the names added are of new voters and that no complaint or appeal has been filed till now by any excluded voter.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the poll panel will submit whatever information it gets on excluded voters by Thursday (October 9),

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