Election Commission officials on Saturday said three lakh voters were added to Bihar’s electoral roll after the publication of final list post the Special Intensive Revision.

They were responding to a social media post by the Congress which pointed out that while the EC’s statement announcing the schedule for the Bihar Assembly polls had put the number of voters at 7.42 crore, in subsequent releases the number climbed to 7.45 crore.

The officials said the figure of 7.42 crore voters mentioned in the October 6 statement was based on final electoral roll published on September 30 after the Special Intensive Revision.

Citing election rules, they pointed out that any eligible citizen can apply to have their name added to the electoral roll until 10 days before the last date for filing of no

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