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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 54665, member: 636"]
Opposition parties disrupted Bihar Assembly proceedings during the final session over electoral roll revisions. Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi accused authorities of removing 61 lakh voters from registration lists. CPI(ML) legislator Shashi Yadav labeled the Special Intensive Revision process unconstitutional and unprecedented. She argued that citizens traditionally gained voting rights automatically at age eighteen. The current system requires individuals to prove their eligibility for voter registration.

Ruling party representatives rejected these criticisms as manufactured controversy. JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi noted that 97 percent of people had successfully registered within the given timeframe. His colleague Sanjay Kumar Jha reminded critics that similar revisions occurred in 2003. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav contacted 35 opposition leaders nationwide about the voter registration changes. He threatened to boycott upcoming state elections if the revision process continues without modifications.
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