Tejashwi Yadav says his name is missing from Bihar electoral draft list
Mr. Yadav asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) how he will be able to contest in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election. The leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly said that it's a 'murder of democracy and snatching away voter rights'.
VIDEO | In a press conference, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) says, "Since the start of the SIR exercise, there has been no transparency, they started it without taking the political parties in loop, the Opposition questioned the timing, our delegation met the ECI… pic.twitter.com/MaEaHO6qkb — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 2, 2025
He filled in his EPIC number in front of the press on the ECI's official site and after entering the captcha, it showed not found. Mr. Yadav alleged that the ECI is working as a cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a voter of the Digha Assembly seat and represents the Raghopur Assembly seat.
Following the completion of the month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the ECI on Friday (August 1, 2025) published the draft electoral rolls for Bihar. According to the ECI, there is no compiled list made available, but voters can check their names on the ECI's website.
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Time of India
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- Time of India
Tejashwi claims his name omitted from draft voter list, EC shows it to him
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Hindustan Times
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Later in the day, EC shared Gandhi's remarks on its official X account, saying: 'The statements made are Misleading and Baseless.' On Friday, too, the poll panel had termed the LoP's 'atom bomb' remark 'baseless and wild allegations'. The BJP, meanwhile, dared Gandhi to detonate at once the 'atom bomb of evidence of vote theft'. 'Rahul Gandhi says he is in possession of an atom bomb. If it is so, he should detonate it at once. He should just ensure that he is himself out of harm's way', said defence minister and former BJP president Rajnath Singh. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that voters were 'changed' in the Maharashtra assembly and Lok Sabha elections. 'How can there be nine voters in a small room and nine thousand voters in a single hostel in Maharashtra? Is this Election Commission or Modi ji's puppet,' he asked at the legal conclave on Saturday. Echoing Gandhi's recent warnings, Kharge asserted that accountability will follow for those in the poll body. 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ECI said of the 6.5 million names missing from the rolls, deaths accounted for 2.2 million, people who permanently shifted or not found accounted for 3.6 million and people enrolled in multiple places accounted for 700,000. The EC did not respond to the latest allegations, but said in a press note that along with the draft rolls, a list of voters who were part of the June 24 electoral roll but are missing from the new draft has been shared with political parties. A total of 1.60 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs), nominated by district presidents of the 12 political parties, are currently participating in the SIR process. The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha also alleged that Opposition voices, including his own and Gandhi's, are routinely muffled in Parliament. 'Mics are switched off the moment we try to speak,' he said. 'Modi and Shah used to cheer when the former Rajya Sabha Chairman expelled us. This is what they call democracy.' (With PTI inputs)
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