Tejashwi Yadav accuses BJP of misusing EC to snatch voting rights in Bihar

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav called the special intensive revision of electoral rolls a “dacoity of votes” and vowed to resist it

Sasaram (Bihar): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday hit out at the BJP-led central government over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, alleging that it was using the Election Commission to snatch people’s right to vote.

Addressing a public rally after the launch of Congress’ ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ here, Yadav termed the SIR as “dacoity of votes”, “which we will not let happen at any cost”. “B R Ambedkar gave us the ‘Right to Vote’… but the BJP is snatching this right of people through the EC… It is working on the directions of the BJP,” he alleged.

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“The SIR is a conspiracy by the ruling dispensation to disenfranchise voters in Bihar… We will not allow Modi jee (PM Modi) to cheat the people of the state,” Yadav asserted. The 1,300 km-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ will cover over 20 districts in Bihar.