New Delhi: While reports on the Election Commission of India’s decision to revise electoral rolls in Bihar with mere days to go before the assembly polls have so far focused on how the most vulnerable will be disenfranchised and at risk of being declared foreigners, in a move that could count as a poll-time advantage to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, a report finds that the BJP is on the back foot now.The New Indian Express reports that the party’s internal pre-poll survey teams are reportedly encountering public resentment over people’s anxiety over the removal of their names from the rolls.The report quotes a member of the BJP’s survey team as having said, “Whenever we call the voters over their phones to know what they expect from the BJP and how they would help the BJP realise their dreams, the majority of the people express their resentment against the SIR and the BJP.”Another survey team member told TNIE that “6-7 out of 10 people contacted for their views and expectations from the BJP bluntly vented their anger against the party.”The BJP is in power in Bihar, in alliance with the Janata Dal (United) and other smaller parties.The report also quoted a voter from Hajipur who said that although his family members’ names had been a part of the voters’ list for decades, the “ECI, which is doing SIR at the behest of the BJP, is asking [them] for proof of [their] citizenship.”Even long-time BJP supporters, the report says, have claimed that the SIR has forced them to reconsider their support. Some said that the exercise also threatens to keep BJP supporters out of the booths.“Believe me or not, but 15-20% voters of the BJP and 10-15% voters of the JDU would not be able to vote this time as they would not be able to furnish the required documents. They have Aadhaar and EPICs, but those are not accepted,” a senior BJP leader was quoted as having said.A day ago, the opposition alliance led by the Left parties, the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal had called for a Bihar-wide strike against the revision.