There is no change in the rules for voter list verification in Bihar, Election Commission made it clear:

News Topical, Digital Desk : On the rumours being spread about the change in the rules for verification of voter list in Bihar, the Election Commission on Sunday clarified that no changes have been made in the rules related to verification.

The Commission said that the rules issued on June 24 remain the same. It is clearly stated in these that the draft voter list to be issued on August 1, 2025 will include the names of all those persons whose counting forms have been received.

Election Commission gave clarification

The Election Commission has given this clarification after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had said on X, based on an advertisement issued by the Chief Electoral Officer of the state regarding the rules of verification, that 'when the pressure of the opposition, public and civil society increased, then the Election Commission has hurriedly published these advertisements, which say that now only the form has to be filled, there is no need to show any paper.'

Election Commission said the rumours were false

Along with Congress, other political parties of the state also tried to spread rumors about changes in verification rules based on this advertisement. After this, the commission issued a statement and termed such rumors as false and said that no changes have been made in the verification rules. Along with this, people were also warned.

Names of those with correct documents will be included in the voter list

In the rules already issued, it was said that the names of those who have filled the counting form will be recorded in the voter list format. After this, everyone's documents will be checked. The names of those whose documents are correct will be included in the final voter list. During this time, everyone will be given enough time for claims and objections.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has informed that till 6 pm on Sunday, counting forms of 1.69 crore voters, i.e. 21.46 percent of the total 7.90 crore voters enrolled in Bihar till June 24, 2025, have been received. About 65 lakh counting forms have been collected in the last 24 hours. There are still 19 days left for the last date of submission of forms.

Political parties were not satisfied with the voter list, then they took these steps: Gyanesh

Amidst questions being raised on the intensive verification of voter list in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has said that in the last four months, about five thousand meetings have been held with election officials and employees including political parties. In these meetings, no political party was satisfied with the voter list for one reason or the other.
After this, they had to take steps for verification. The Chief Election Commissioner has issued this statement at a time when the commission is carrying out intensive verification campaign along with removing errors in the voter list in Bihar.
At the same time, various questions are being raised by political parties regarding their move. According to the Commission, 4,123 EROs, all 775 DEOs, all 36 CEOs and 28,000 representatives of political parties attended these meetings.