States » EastPosted at: Jun 28 2025 12:31AM


EC demand for Bihar voter list revision is mockery of democracy and Constitution: Tejaswi

Patna, June 27 (UNI) Dubbing the Election Commission's (EC) announcement of special intensive revision of the voters list in Bihar as a "mockery of democracy and the Constitution", the leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav asked the EC to explain the sudden need for the revision of eight crore voters in 25 days before the elections.
Accompanied by the leaders of the Grand Alliance (GA). Yadav told news persons here today that the decision indicates a conspiracy for scrapping the the names of the poor, the oppressed, the deprived, the backward, the extremely backward, the Dalits, the tribals and the minorities from the voter list.
He claimed that the decision has been taken in view of the possible defeat of the Nitish-BJP and NDA in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.
He said that 73 percent of people in Bihar live in flood affected areas and under the given situation it will not be possible for them to present their documents to ensure that their name is not deleted from the voter list. He alleged that the list of 90 percent voters has not been given to the employees engaged in the revision of voters.
Anti-constitutional and anti-democratic activities were being carried out in Bihar and a conspiracy was being hatched to snatch away the voting rights of the poor, the oppressed and the deprived, he alleged.
Demanding an explanation for not getting the revision done after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he said the EC wants a thorough revision of eight crore voters in Bihar within 25 days, whereas the thorough revision done 22 years ago took two years.
Yadav said the "Modi government should explain why the voters list on which the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 was conduct is not being recognised now. He said if the government is honest in this matter, it should declare the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as illegal".
No political party was taken into confidence before taking this decision, Yadav said, adding that the leaders would meet the Election Commission on this issue and demand that the revision be stopped with immediate effect.
Giving details of the technicalities involved and the hurdles in the revision of the voters list, Yadav alleged that it is an attempt to encroach on the rights of the common people whom the government was suppressing.
Outlining the demographic details and the migration of the people from Bihar, the RJD leader alleged that the BJP and RSS were constantly trying to encroach upon the constitutional rights of the citizens. He said the people would not tolerate any conspiracy hatched in the name of voters list revision.
Addressing the media persons Congress State president Rajesh Ram alleged that an attempt was being made to tamper with the Bihar Assembly Elections on the pattern of Maharashtra elections.
Congress national spokesperson Pawan Kheda alleged that "at the time of crisis NDA government utilises the Election Commission".
He said the government has been showing Modi's master stroke by using the Election Commission in its own interest, while the surveys coming in Bihar show that the NDA is in a weak position and the GA seems to be forming the government.
The leaders of GA including Dipankar Bhattacharya of CPIML, Rambabu Kumar of CPI, Arun Kumar of CPIM and Dev Jyoti of VIP also addressed the media persons.
UNI RS RN
Tags: #EC demand for Bihar voter list revision is mockery of democracy and Constitution: Tejaswi
More News
One more arrested in law college gang rape case in Kolkata

One more arrested in law college gang rape case in Kolkata

28 Jun 2025 | 2:50 PM

Kolkata , June 28 (UNI) Police today arrested one more suspect in the alleged gang-rape case involving a law girl student in West Bengal government-aided law college in south Kolkata, taking the total number of suspects to four in the crime, official sources said.

see more..

SIR taken up to verify eligibility of electors in Bihar

28 Jun 2025 | 2:38 PM

Patna, June 28 (UNI) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has started in Bihar for verifying the eligibility of each elector for the upcoming state assembly election due later this year.

see more..

Pradhan urges to make Sambalpur model city in tree plantation of India

28 Jun 2025 | 2:30 PM

Bhubaneswar, June 28 (UNI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today urged people from all walks of life—from the young to the elderly—to plant a tree in their mother’s name and help establish Sambalpur as a national model for tree plantation.

see more..

Odisha Vigilance unearths huge assets in possession of AEE in DA case

28 Jun 2025 | 2:04 PM

Bhubaneswar, June 28 (UNI) Odisha Vigilance sleuths today conducted simultaneous raids at seven locations following allegations of possession of Disproportionate Assets (DA) by Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Susil Kumar Panda of Ganjam Block.

see more..

Manipur BJP in huddle over political developments

28 Jun 2025 | 1:56 PM

Imphal, June 28 (UNI) Manipur BJP leaders, including state party chief A Sharda Devi, former chief minister N Biren Singh, party MLAs and functionaries held a closed door meeting today in the state capital and took stock of the latest political developments. The discussions centred around restoration of a popular government in the state.

see more..