Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) president and NDA ally Upendra Kushwaha has voiced serious concerns about the Election Commission of India's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. Speaking to Economic Times on July 5, he warned that the compressed timeline may lead to the exclusion of genuine voters—particularly migrant workers and residents without required documentation—and urged the ECI to extend the exercise and address ensuing fears.

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Timeline too short: Kushwaha emphasised that although revisions are routine, the current SIR timeline is too tight for Bihar’s large population, and should ideally have commenced one or two years earlier .