The INDIA bloc will take its fight against the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Bihar to the streets on 9 July by participating in the Bharat Bandh called by the Left parties.
The Election Commission of India has completed the first round of visits by Booth Level Officers to nearly 1.5 crore households in Bihar as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the poll panel said Friday in a press note.
Addressing a meeting at the party office in Patna on Friday, JD(U) Executive President Sanjay Kumar Jha said the priority should be to identify the voters who live outside Bihar for jobs or education, inform them about the campaign and involve them in the process.
Alleging "non-responsive attitude" of the authorities in the Election Commission of India (ECI) towards a delegation of the Opposition on Bihar, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said this (the situation) is unfortunate and worrisome.
The delegation expressed disappointment with the Commission’s response, stating that it failed to provide a substantive explanation to the concern raised during the meeting at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi, on Wednesday.
According to DCP Dwarka M Harshavardhan, "8 pistols and 11 live cartridges were recovered from his possession."
All the political parties have, of late, busied themselves in cashing in on the name of the emperor of the bygone era in the name of celebrating his “fictitious” 2367th birth anniversary.
The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Thursday increased power tariff in the state by 24.10 per cent for FY 2023-24. It has also increased the base fee in the rural and urban areas as well. The new tariff will be effective from April 1.
BJP appointed Samrat Choudhary, who belongs to Khushwaha) state’s chief of the party. The appointment is being seen as a counter to JD-U's Umesh Kushwaha.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Tar Kishore Prasad said: "The Yogi's model will be implemented only after the government of Bihar will change. As long as the Mahagathbandhan government stays in Bihar, crime will take place regularly."
