The Election Commission has ordered Bihar administration to start deletion of names from the voters' list of persons against whom non-bailable warrants have been pending for six months or longer. The deletion is to start from August 25.
The state chief electoral officer N K Sinha told rediff.com on Monday that he had written to the district magistrates of all 38 districts in the state to procure the list of absconders by August 22.
The EC's order has come ahead of Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon's two-day visit to Bihar from August 24 to review preparedness for the forthcoming assembly elections in the state.
Sinha said the EC has warned the district magistrates to complete the process within time or to face action. Besides, EC also gave a clear directive to superintendents of police to start arrest of absconders.
