Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saket Gokhale on Monday (July 27, 2025) said 1.26 crore voters have been "deleted" from Bihar's electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and challenged the government to a debate on the issue in Parliament.
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Sharing the Election Commission's SIR data in a post on X, Mr. Gokhale said the poll panel "conveniently" did not share any information regarding its claim of having found foreign nationals in Bihar.
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As the month-long first phase of the SIR has concluded, the EC on Sunday (July 27, 2025) said that enumeration forms from 7.24 crore or 91.69% of voters of the State have been received.
