NEW DELHI: Leaders of several Opposition parties, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Friday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him to schedule a special discussion on the ongoing voter list revision in Bihar without any further delay.In their letter to Birla, the Opposition MPs expressed deep concern over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, especially a few months before the state assembly elections.The signatories to the letter included Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Gandhi, Congress’ Deputy Leader in the House Gaurav Gogoi, DMK’s TR Baalu, NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule, RSP’s N K Premachandran, SP’s Lalji Verma, TMC’s Kakoli Ghose Dastidar, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Arvind Savant and RJD’s Abhay Kumar.”We, the undersigned Members of Parliament representing various Opposition parties, wish to express our deep concern over the ongoing voter list revision in Bihar, especially a few months before the state assembly elections,” the opposition MPs said in their letter.”This is unprecedented. The Election Commission of India has indicated that similar exercises will soon be undertaken across the country. Given the widespread apprehension about the transparency, timing, and intent of this process, the matter requires the urgent attention of the House,” they said.The Opposition has consistently raised this issue since the start of the current session, the MPs said.
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