New Delhi : RJD leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday claimed that his name was missing from the revised draft voters’ list published on Friday in poll-bound Bihar. At a press conference in Patna, Yadav displayed his Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number and entered it into the poll body’s official mobile application, which showed a “no records found” error.
The Election Commission released a copy of the electoral rolls showing his details, confirming that he was listed at a booth in the Veterinary College in Patna. It has come to our attention that Tejashwi Yadav has made a mischievous claim that his name does not appear in the draft electoral roll. His name is listed at Serial Number 416 in the Draft Electoral Roll.
However, the EPIC number provided by the poll body differed from the one shared by Yadav. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar has triggered a major controversy, with the Opposition strongly criticising it as an “exercise in exclusion” and a “conspiracy” to disenfranchise communities that form its core vote bank. The draft electoral rolls, prepared as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) with just a few months left for assembly polls, are available for voters online.
The commission has also said it was making available printed copies, district wise, to representatives of political parties so that anomalies, if any, could be flagged during the ‘claims and objections’ phase, which would continue till September 1 before the ‘final rolls’ are published.
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