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A few days ago, the Indian Election Commission published an updated voter project in Bihar, where the key elections are scheduled for November after a monthly revision of the voter list.

But opposition parties and electoral charities say the exercises went through – and many voters in Bihara told the BBC that the projects have wrong photos and include dead people.

A special intensive version – better known for his abbreviation, was held from June 25 to July 26, and the commission stated that its officials visited each of the listed states 78.9 million voters to check their data. It states that the last such edition was in 2003, and it is necessary to update.

New roller projects have 72.4 million names – 6.5 million less than before. The commission states that the removal includes 2.2 million dead, 700,000 enrolled more than once and 3.6 million that have moved from the state.

The fixes are open until September 1, with more than 165,000 applications. A similar review will be conducted across the country to check almost one billion voters.

But opposition parties have accused the commission of abandoning many voters – especially Muslims that make up a significant group of population in four border areas – helping the Bharatiya Jonatia Prime Minister Narendra Modi (BJP) in the upcoming state elections.

Poll and BJP have denied the allegations. In response to the BBC questions, the election commission shared its collapse on June 24 after SIR and on July 27, the press, which implies efforts to ensure that the voter would not be “abandoned”.

“In addition, (the commission) is not responsible for any other misinformation or unjustified allegations floating around some interested interests,” he added.

The commission did not publish a list of deleted names and gave no breakup in accordance with religion, so it is impossible to check the problems of the opposition.

A review The Hindustan Times has discovered high voter deletions in Kisennd, an area with the largest share of Muslims in Bihar, but not in other constituencies where Muslims prevail.

Parliament has encountered repeated crossings as opposition members demand that they call the threat of democracy. Outside, they chanted “down” Modi “,” Take sir back “and” Stop the voices “. The Supreme Court also revishes this step after the Watchman has questioned his terms.

“It happens just three months before the election in the Assembly, and there was not enough time in practice,” said BBC Jagdeep Chhokar with ADR.

“As the land reports showed, there were violations when the exercises were carried out, and the data collection process was massively faulty,” he added.

Azer claims in court that the exercise will “deprive millions of real voters” in the state, which is one of the poorest India and is the home of “a large number of marginal communities”.

It states that Sir moves the load on people to prove his citizenship, often demanding his own and parents’ own documents – an impossible task for millions of poor migrant workers.

While the project was published, we went to Patna and the nearby villages to hear that voters think about Sir.

In the village of Danar, where the poorest, known as Mohadalites, most residents work on higher -grade farms or unemployed.

The houses are scattered, open drains of narrow stripes and stagnant puddle near the local temple became brackish.

Most residents did not imagine about Sir or its impact, and many were not sure whether the officials even visited their homes.

But they deeply appreciate their voice. “Losing it would be devastating,” says Echo Davi. “It will push us further to poverty.”

In the village of Harik, many men said they had heard about Sir and presented forms by spending 300 rupees (3.42 pounds; 2.55 pounds) to receive new photos. But after the drafts, the farmer and the pensioner Tarkeshwan Singh called it a “riot”. He shared the pages showing details of his family – pointing to mistakes, including the wrong photo next to his name.

“I have no idea whose photograph is,” he says, adding that his wife Suriakal Davi and Rayev’s son also have wrong shots. “But the worst thing is the matter of my other son Ayev – he has an unknown photo of a woman.”

Mr. Singh continues to list other anomalies in the document of his daughter-in-law Joho Kumara he was called her husband instead of his son. Another daughter-in-law, Sangeeto Singh, is listed twice from the same address, only one has the right photo and date of birth.

Many of his relatives and neighbors, he said, has similar complaints. He notes the name of the cousin who died more than five years ago, but still the figures on the list – and at least two names that appear twice.

“Obviously, there was no check. The list contains the dead people and duplicates, and many who have not even completed the form. This is the wrong use of state -owned technology and the billions of rupees that were spent on this exercise.”

Mr. Khokar from ADR says that this week they will raise these issues in the Supreme Court. In July, the court said he would remain in the exercise if the applicants produce 15 real voters who were missing in the rolls project.

“But how do we do this because the commission did not submit a list of 6.5 million names that were deleted?” he asks.

Mr. Chhokar says justice on the bench of two judges suggested getting rid of training from the upcoming elections to allow more time for proper examination.

“I will be pleased with this departure,” he says.

Sir and the projects of the rolls shared the Bihar parties: the opposition of Rashtri Jonata Dal (RJD) calls them into question, and the governing Dal (United) – the BJP alliance supports them.

“The complexity of this edition has left a lot of people confused,” says Shwanand Truzh, RJD Secretary General.

The phenomena calls into question the statement of the election commission “that 98.3% of the voters filled their forms” and says, “in most villages our voters and workers say that a block (Blo) employee is usually a local teacher appointed by a commission to go on the door – they did not visit them. (The commission stated that Blos worked “very responsibly”.)

Tumors claims that “the guerrilla commission, and this is an election manipulation.”

“We believe that the purpose is border areas where many Muslims live that never vote for the BJP,” he says.

BJP and JD (U) rejected criticism, saying that “this is completely political.”

“Only Indian citizens have the right to vote, and we believe that in recent years, a lot of Rohinj and Bangladesh have settled in the border areas. And they need to be taken off the list,” said Bohm Singh, BJP MP from Bihar.

“Sir has nothing to do with whose religion, and the opposition raises it because they know that they will lose the upcoming election and need a scapegoat to blame them,” he added.

The Chief Press Socialist JD (U) and Nierai Kumar Singh said that “the election commission is performing only its work”.

“There are many voters on the list that appear twice or even three times. So is it worth fixing?” he asks.