Peaceful polls to boost SIR in other states/UTs: CEC hails final electoral roll of Bihar

NEW DELHI: The creaseless and peaceful behaviour of Bihar assembly elections with the highest-ever turnout of voters, peculiarly aft the archetypal SIR of its electoral rotation successful implicit 2 decades, volition boost the assurance of EC arsenic it goes astir Phase 2 of SIR crossed a twelve different states and UTs, including those owed for assembly polls adjacent year.The overwhelming information of electors successful SIR and past successful Bihar elections is seen arsenic a wide denotation that the 'vote chori' run of opposition, led by Congress and amplified by Rahul Gandhi done his 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' successful state, property conferences and idiosyncratic attacks against CEC Gyanesh Kumar did not find resonance with the public. The appraisal is reinforced by Congress' humble six-seat tally successful the polls.Even Supreme Court had refused to entertain the absorption parties and activists' pleas to enactment and quash SIR successful Bihar, based connected their fearfulness that it would disenfranchise electors from weaker sections and minorities. The precocious information of these precise sections successful Bihar polls has undermined their argument.PM Lauds EC; 'Zero appeals' validated rolls revision: CECPM Narendra Modi, successful his triumph code connected Friday, said that precocious voting successful Bihar, peculiarly by the weaker sections, is simply a immense accomplishment for EC, arsenic is the elimination of repolls that were synonymous with elections during the 'jungle raj' epoch successful the state.

"I congratulate EC, poll-related officers, information forces and electors for this," said PM Modi. He besides underlined that the electors of Bihar, peculiarly the youth, had shown that they took SIR with utmost seriousness. "For purity of democracy, each ballot matters," helium said portion exhorting the enactment apparatus astatine the polling presumption level to lend 100% to SIR successful different states/UTs.Speaking to TOI, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said: "Zero appeals against the last electoral rotation of Bihar, not a azygous petition for repoll from the 2,616 candidates oregon 12 recognised parties and highest polling since Bihar's archetypal predetermination successful 1951 amusement the precision and committedness with which EC and its crushed machinery worked to present a free, just and peaceful election.

This, for EC, is the biggest validation".Kumar was personally targeted successful comments by Rahul Gandhi and AI-generated campaigns connected Congress' societal media. But EC cited applicable provisions of instrumentality to validate its actions and directives. Transparency astatine each signifier of SIR - enumeration, claims and objections, and their disposal - with regular bulletins and fact-checks ensured a nonstop enactment with the electors, who willingly participated successful SIR and ensured that each deadlines were met.