SIR row: Rahul’s high tea with ‘dead people’; SC says electoral rolls bound for revision – top developments

The opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the revision of electoral rolls, alleging that the EC’s exercise is aimed at “disenfranchising voters” in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due later this year. They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses. The ECI published the draft voter list on August 1.