Bihar SIR row: Tejashwi Yadav targets EC with ‘EPIC’ barb – draws BJP’s ire | India News

NEW DELHI: RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav kicked off a political storm on Saturday after publicly claiming that his identify had vanished from Bihar’s voter listing—regardless of holding a sound EPIC quantity. Displaying the “no records found” message on a big display throughout a press convention, the previous Deputy CM alleged a bigger conspiracy by the Election Commission to erase voters forward of the meeting polls. But whereas Yadav accused the ballot physique of fraud, the BJP hit again, calling it a “delusional stunt”. The ballot physique additionally rebutted Yadav’s assertion calling it “factually incorrect” and saying that his identify was there on the voter roll.

’65 lakh names deleted’: Tejashwi questions EC course of

Taking his criticism to social media, Tejashwi Yadav accused the Election Commission of deleting 65 lakh names from the voter rolls and posed a set of ten pointed questions. “What is the basis for declaring these 65 lakh voters as deceased, transferred, or absent?” he requested on X, tagging the EC. He questioned whether or not households of deceased voters have been contacted, and whether or not these marked as “temporarily migrated” had been bodily verified. “If the names of 36 lakh poor voters are removed due to temporary migration, this figure should be higher than the 3 crore registered migrant workers the Government of India itself cites,” he wrote.

‘We have calls for too’: RJD lists circumstances for honest course of

Alongside his questions, Yadav listed 4 key calls for from the Election Commission. First, he stated, the EC should publish a sales space-clever listing of all voters whose names have been excluded, alongside with causes. Second, a categorised listing of deceased, shifted, repeated, and untraceable voters have to be made public, damaged down by meeting constituency and sales space. Third, the deadline to lift objections—presently solely 7 days—have to be prolonged till transparency is ensured. Lastly, he referred to as on the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the difficulty.“In a democracy, ensuring the presence and rights of every voter is paramount,” Yadav stated. “If names are being removed from the voter list and the reasons behind it are being concealed, this represents a serious democratic crisis and a direct attack on the people’s voting rights.”

EC, Patna DM rebut claims with voter roll particulars

The Election Commission denied Yadav’s allegations, calling them “mischievous” and “factually incorrect.” In a press release, the EC stated his identify seems within the draft voter listing at serial quantity 416, polling station quantity 204, Library Building of Bihar Animal Science University. The Patna District Magistrate confirmed this, including that his identify was earlier listed at polling station 171, serial quantity 481. Officials stated the up to date draft rolls have been shared with all political events on 1 August, and the listing of deletions since June was additionally included for verification.The EC reiterated that the general public has one month—from August 1 to September 1—to lift objections or make claims. “No name will be removed from the draft voter list without a stated reason,” the Commission stated, including that greater than 7.24 crore enumeration kinds have been submitted and included.

BJP leaders ridicule Tejashwi’s ‘delusional stunt’

BJP leaders wasted no time responding to Yadav’s claims. Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary posted what he claimed was a screenshot of Tejashwi’s voter particulars and accused him of spreading misinformation. “Your name is very much alongside that of your father, respected Lalu Prasad. You would do better to shut your shop dealing in fraudulent and false claims,” he stated.Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT cell head, took a dig at Yadav’s previous feedback. “Someone who doesn’t know how to find their name on the electoral roll was, not long ago, comparing themselves to Steve Jobs. Ambition is fine, but delusion is on another level altogether,” he stated.Ajay Alok, one other BJP chief, referred to as Yadav “a hypocrite like Rahul Gandhi.” “When their lies were exposed, they didn’t even apologise. These people are hypocritical, fake, and corrupt,” Alok stated.