NEW DELHI, Aug 18: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday (August 18, 2025) published the list of the names of the 65 lakh odd people who were removed from the draft electoral roll of Bihar prepared as part of the “Special Intensive Revision” (SIR) exercise, officials said.
The development came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s direction that details of the deleted names be made public by August 19 and a compliance report be filed by August 22. The ECI is publishing the names of ‘ASD’ (Absentee, Shifted, and Dead) voters across polling booths, and is likely to do so online as has been directed by the apex court, they said.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Bihar, ASD lists have been displayed at polling booths in Rohtas, Begusarai, Arwal and other places.
(Manas Dasgupta)
