DT
PT
Subscribe To Print Edition About The Tribune Code Of Ethics Download App Advertise with us Classifieds
search-icon-img
search-icon-img
PREMIUM

EC’s Bihar voter list revision rekindles citizenship concerns

The Election Commission must allay fears of large-scale deletion of electors from the Bihar draft rolls.
  • fb
  • twitter
  • whatsapp
  • whatsapp
featured-img featured-img
Misgiving: The EC must allay fears of large-scale deletion of electors from the Bihar draft rolls. ANI

WHAT is legal may not always be fair. The ‘purification’of electoral rolls is a laudable objective, a legitimate demand and an onerous responsibility. Sukumar Sen, the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) withstood pressure for 18 months before conducting the first elections in 1951, only after satisfying himself about the quality of the electoral roll (ER). The present CEC, too, earlier this year, responding to complaints of alleged manipulations and discrepancies in the ERs, assured the nation of corrective steps within 90 days. One such step has brought the Election Commission (EC) in the eye of a storm — one of the several engulfing the institution in recent times, sometimes of its own making.

Unlock Premium Insights in This Article

Take your experience further with Premium access.

Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Combo
Yearly
Monthly
tlbr_img1 Classifieds tlbr_img2 Videos tlbr_img3 Premium tlbr_img4 E-Paper tlbr_img5 Shorts