SC directive on Bihar SIR has ‘discredited and exposed’ EC, ‘G2 puppeteers decisively defeated’: Congress
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SC directive on Bihar SIR has ‘discredited and exposed’ EC, ‘G2 puppeteers decisively defeated’: Congress
Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said that the poll body stands “totally exposed and discredited” He said the Supreme Court has laid down guardrails to make the revision more inclusive by including political parties in the process. “So far the ECI’s approach has been obstructionist and contrary to the interests of the voters. We welcome this judgment especially because it gives us an enforceable right which theECI cannot ignore,” he said.
Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said that the poll body stands “totally exposed and discredited”. He said the Supreme Court has laid down guardrails to make the revision more inclusive by including political parties in the process.
“The INC welcomes today’s verdict of the Supreme Court on the Bihar SIR issue. Democracy has survived a brutal assault from the Election Commission of India (ECI),” Mr. Ramesh said.
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He said that on August 14, the Supreme Court had intervened to set aside the ECI’s decision to withhold the list of deleted voters and had directed the poll body to publish it along with the reasons for such deletions.
“On August 14th, the Supreme Court had also directed the ECI to accept Aadhar cards as proof of identity for those deleted. Today it reaffirmed Aadhar as a valid ID that the ECI MUST accept. Today, the Supreme Court has laid down guardrails to make the revision more inclusive by including political parties in the process,” Mr. Ramesh said.
“So far the ECI’s approach has been obstructionist and contrary to the interests of the voters. We welcome this judgment especially because it gives us an enforceable right which the ECI cannot ignore. Today, the ECI stands totally exposed and discredited. Its G2 puppeteers stand decisively defeated,” he added.
On Friday (August 22, 2025), a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi allowed claim forms to be submitted along with Aadhaar card numbers and any one of the 11 acceptable documents in the SIR.
Expressing surprise over political parties not coming forward to file objections related to 65 lakh excluded voters, the top court directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar to implead them in the court proceedings.