New Delhi [India], August 7 : Janata Dal (United) (JDU) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha criticised the opposition for their protest on the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Parliament, and blamed them for creating a "ruckus".
Jha said the Special Intensive Revision is happening in Bihar and lauded the Election Commission for its work.
He said while talking to ANI, "We are repeatedly saying that SIR is happening in Bihar. They (the opposition) are creating a ruckus in Delhi, but it has no impact in Bihar. The Election Commission has done the work of SIR very well in Bihar..."
The comment came after the INDIA bloc parties continues their protest in Parliament on Thursday against the Election Commission's (EC) voter list revision drive in Bihar.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, along with other Opposition MPs, joined the protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the "arrest of labourers in BJP-ruled states" outside Parliament.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs also held a protest, holding placards with messages such as "Stop insulting Bengal."
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar has sparked a political row, with the opposition INDIA bloc alleging that the revision process could lead to the deletion of a large number of voters. They have been protesting in the Parliament, demanding a discussion over the Bihar SIR, since the start of this year's Monsoon Session.
Meanwhile, The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said that not even a single claim or objection has been submitted by any political party regarding the draft electoral rolls in Bihar.
The Election Commission has asserted that no eligible elector will be left out and no ineligible elector will be included in the final electoral roll of Bihar. It has appealed to submit claims and objections to rectify any errors in the draft electoral Roll of Bihar, which was published on August 1.
However, the EC has received 5,015 claims and objections directly from the electors with respect to the draft roll till today, said the ECI in a daily bulletin on the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar.
Forms received from new electors on attaining 18 years of age or above are 27,517.
As per the rules, the claims & objections are to be disposed of by the concerned Electoral Registration Officer/Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (ERO/AERO) after the expiry of 7 days.
As per SIR orders, no name can be deleted from the draft list published on August 1, without passing a speaking order by the ERO/AERO after conducting an enquiry and after giving a fair and reasonable opportunity.