NDA allies back EC, call SIR routine & necessary

PATNA/NEW DELHI: Allies successful governing NDA person backed EC's ongoing peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Bihar, describing the workout arsenic "routine and necessary".

Some NDA functionaries told TOI they person perfectly nary issues oregon apprehensions astir SIR, though they are keeping a adjacent oculus connected the exercise. They added that they are holding reappraisal meetings with booth level agents (BLAs) to measure the situation, and arsenic of present determination has been nary problem.HAM (Hindustan Avam Morcha) laminitis Jitan Ram Manjhi and LJP (Lok Janshakti Party) brag Chirag Paswan, some Union ministers, came retired powerfully successful enactment of EC's exercise.The basal of the allies is important successful presumption of opposition's allegation that the canvass commission's thrust is aimed astatine disenfranchising Dalits and astir backward castes. While Dalits are the mainstay of LJP and HAM, JDU draws its enactment from MBCs and sections of OBCs.Paswan Thursday accused the absorption of deliberately undermining law institutions. "After EVMs, they are trying to blasted SIR arsenic they spot decision staring them successful the look successful the authorities election," helium said.

Manjhi echoed this, claiming bogus elector registrations had agelong benefited the opposition. "I cognize galore seats wherever up to 20,000 bogus voters were registered earlier 2005. Opposition wants to proceed with it to their advantage. The SIR volition place those names and onslaught them disconnected the list," helium said. Manjhi alleged RJD was protesting arsenic it had created bogus voters successful each constituency.Rashtriya Lok Morcha main Upendra Kushwaha, besides an NDA partner, urged critics to recognize EC's determination earlier raising objections. "People are raising questions without information," helium said.