EC not giving us time for meeting: Tejashwi
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav
, on Tuesday accused the
Election Commission
of frequently changing guidelines regarding the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state. He alleged that they (
RJD
) asked for a meeting with the poll body several times in the past week but received no response till date.
Addressing reporters here, Tejashwi said after a close analysis of the SIR, it appears that the EC is acting at the behest of a particular party. He alleged that the EC itself looks confused given the way it has been making changes in its guidelines at repeated intervals. "We sought an appointment for a meeting with the EC several times in the past. Even on Monday, we asked for it but got no response," Tejashwi said on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by state Congress president Rajesh Kumar and several senior RJD leaders.
Stating that the poll body should have taken all parties into confidence before launching SIR ahead of the assembly polls, the RJD leader wondered about the "mysterious silence" of the EC, asking the latter to give a point-by-point reply to the issues raised by them. Tejashwi said the poll body must come forward to end the confusion gripping the minds of the common people without any delay.
Asking the EC to immediately "revoke all arbitrary orders and issue a final, clear, and simple directive", Tejashwi sought the elimination of the requirement of documents for the SIR process.
Questioning the launch of SIR during the monsoon, Tejashwi alleged that 90% of people in the state are of the opinion that the EC is acting to "delete the names of voters from booths where the opposition parties are in a strong position after identifying those booths."
He alleged that dalits, adivasis, OBC/EBC, and minority class voters, could be the worst victims of the EC's current drive since the majority migrant workers from Bihar come from these communities. "If the EC really wants to weed out fake voters from the electoral rolls, it must have launched the exercise just after the conclusion of Lok Sabha polls," he said.
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