Today, On 27th November, Kapil Sibal said it is a “dangerous proposition and unreasonable” to deploy school teachers as BLOs, arguing that such officials cannot decide citizenship and the process risks wrongful voter deletions across Bihar’s electoral rolls.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to examine a petition by Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh seeking a common election symbol for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The party said the “non-allotment of an election symbol will take away its opportunity to contest elections.”