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Ruling and Opposition parties of Bihar on Saturday (October 4, 2025) demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to complete the upcoming Assembly election in the State in a minimal number of phases.
The demand was made by the parties during their meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
The delegation of the ECI reached Patna on Friday (October 3, 2025) night for a two-day visit to review poll preparedness for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. On the first day, the ECI met the representatives of twelve recognised political parties, of which six were national parties and six were regional parties.
Political parties demanded that the elections be held immediately after the Chhath festival to increase voter participation in Bihar and suggested holding it in as few phases as possible.
“We have given a few suggestions to the ECI that prior to the voting, either one or two days in advance, to carry out a flag march of the paramilitary forces in certain villages for confidence building,” Bihar BJP president Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said while speaking to the press after the meeting.
He further said that the party also suggested the ECI to make arrangements for horse patrolling in the riverine areas as the chances of booth capturing is more in those areas.
Mr. Jaiswal added, “We have suggested that voting in the Bihar election should be completed either in one or a maximum of two phases so that the expenditure of the candidates could be reduced. Many institutions also get affected due to the poll. The faces of the women voters in Burqa must be matched with the voter ID cards with the help of women officers on duty so that genuine voters get the chance to vote.”
The BJP also said that dates of voting should be 28 days after the announcement of poll dates.
JD(U) working president Sanjay Jha, who attended the meeting on behalf of the party, also demanded that voting should be completed in one phase after the Chhath festival.
The RJD demanded that the voting be completed in two phases. RJD national general secretary Chitranjan Gagan and party's Lok Sabha member Abhay Kushwaha attended the meeting and demanded to reveal the names and reasons of 3.66 lakh voters whose names have been deleted in the final list under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The RJD also asked who the 21.53 lakh voters who have been added are, and whether they are new voters or individuals whose names were deleted from the draft list. The Opposition demanded to provide the number of Form-6 (claims and objections) filed for new (first-time voters) and re-inclusion separately.
The ECI urged the parties to ensure that they do not forget to nominate their agents at every polling booth.
Several new initiatives recently taken by the Election Commission of India, such as counting of postal votes and provisions related to Form 17C, were widely appreciated.
The six national parties were the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Indian National Congress (INC) and the National People's Party (NPP).
The six regional parties were the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Janata Dal (United), the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) and the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP).
The Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), led by Mukesh Sahani, and Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) were not invited to the meeting because they are non-recognised parties.
After meeting with the political parties, the ECI held a separate meeting with Divisional Commissioners, Inspector Generals, Deputy Inspector Generals (DIG) of Police, District Election Officers (DEOs), Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP) and Superintendent of Police (SPs) of Bihar.
Published - October 04, 2025 04:06 pm IST
India / Bihar / Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 / Patna / election
Source: TheHindu
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