The Delhi High Court has ordered the Election Commission of India to allot a common symbol to the Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The move comes after the party’s earlier application was rejected by the ECI.
Petitioners allege dead people were shown submitting voter forms in Bihar’s electoral roll revision. Supreme Court hears claims of mass forgery and looming disenfranchisement.
Ahead of the Bihar elections, the Election Commission is set to delete 56 lakh names from the voter list, averaging 23,000 per constituency. Opposition alleges the move targets poor and migrant voters, with the Supreme Court now monitoring the situation.
