A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) met with a delegation of 11 parties to discuss its decision to conduct an "electoral" revision ahead of the Bihar elections, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised the poll body, stating that the meeting "ultimately" took place "under pressure".

However, the Congress leader noted that the Election Commission had initially refused a meeting but later only allowed two leaders from each party, which meant some leaders were unable to meet with ECI officials, reported ANI.

"Yesterday evening, the delegation of the INDIA bloc met with the Election Commission regarding the special voter intensive revision (`SIR`) in Bihar. Initially, the Commission had refused to meet, but ultimately, under pressure, the delegation was called. The Commission arbitrarily allowed only two representatives from each party, due to which many of us could not meet with the Commission. I myself sat in the waiting room for almost two hours," Jairam Ramesh stated in his `X` post.