‘Great danger to democracy’: Mahua Moitra moves SC over EC's voter list revision in Bihar; calls it ‘crazy exercise to disenfranchise’

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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has petitioned the Supreme Court against the Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, alleging it disenfranchises millions, particularly migrant and poor voters, at the behest of the BJP. Moitra claims the process violates constitutional provisions and the...

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State in Eastern India
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Body which oversees elections
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav dismissed reports of illegal migrants from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar being registered as voters in Bihar, questioning the..
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Election Commission officials in Bihar have identified numerous individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar during voter list revisions. This verification..
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