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The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Kharge sees bid to exclude two crore voters to secure poll victory in Bihar
Attacking the BJP-ruled Central government over the Election Commission-mandated (EC) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral rolls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (July 7, 2025) called it an attempt to exclude two crore voters to secure a poll victory. Addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur, Mr. Kharge called the exercise a 'fraud' even as he warned that the ruling party would regret the move. 'This [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi government is going to destroy everyone. Fraud has started in the voter list. Fraud happened in Maharashtra. Today, they are fighting elections in Bihar and there, 2 crore votes are being excluded. If you people want to win elections by excluding them, a time will come when you regret it. You will have to regret the wrong you are doing today,' the Congress president said. The assertions came on a day when the Congress along with nine other political parties challenged the SIR in the Supreme Court. 'Mass scale rigging' Further stepping up the party's attack on the EC over the issue, Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal in a X post called the SIR of Bihar's electoral rolls as 'blatantly unconstitutional' and 'mass scale rigging'. 'It has wreaked havoc across the villages and towns of Bihar — giving crores of voters anxiety about whether their right to vote will be stolen. This is mass scale rigging and mischief being carried out by the EC, under instructions from the ruling regime. We have faith that the Supreme Court will deliver justice,' Mr. Venugopal said. His party colleague and Rajya Sabha member Randeep Surjewala shared a news report in his X handle that claimed the EC had updated Bihar's electoral roll in January this year, the data were found to be 'robust and processed in June'. 'Then, suddenly, it was discarded,'Mr. Surjewala said, adding, 'This isn't voter list cleanup; it's an attempt to rob the public of their voting rights'. Mr. Surjewala asserted that 'the process called 'Special Intensive Revision' has neither any legal basis nor any mention in the rules'. 'This term doesn't even exist in electoral law,' he added. 'Jal, Jungle Zameen' At the Raipur rally titled, 'Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan-Jai Samvidhan', Mr. Kharge asked people to remain united in the fight to protect their 'jal, jungle and zameen' (water, forest, land), he also alleged that the ruling party in the State as well as at the Centre was eyeing the mineral resources of Chhattisgarh for industrialists. 'Today, people like Adani and Ambani have been coming here [Chhattisgarh] and occupying land. They are felling lakhs of trees [in forests for mining]. Modi ji has been destroying the lives of our tribal brothers and the people of Chhattisgarh,' he alleged.
New Indian Express
07-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BJP trying to intimidate people, Congress leaders; has not fulfilled pre-poll promises: Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the ruling BJP of reneging on its pre-poll promises and asked people to remain united in the fight to protect their 'jal, jungle and zameen' (water, forest, land). He alleged the BJP was trying to intimidate "everyone" in the country and misusing central probe agencies against its opponents. Speaking at a public rally titled, 'Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan-Jai Samvidhan' at Science College Ground in Raipur amid heavy rains, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha claimed the poor are being "looted" under the Modi government. Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge said he has time to visit foreign nations, but has no time to tour Manipur, which has seen ethnic clashes since May 2023. "The BJP has been trying to intimidate our leaders using central agencies like the ED and I-T, but we will never be scared. Our party leaders in Chhattisgarh, including former chief minister (Bhupesh Baghel), are being harassed (using probe agencies)," he told the gathering. "They (BJP) also tried to implicate (Congress leaders) Sonia Gandhi and Rahul ji in the National Herald case. They always try to defame the Congress," Kharge maintained. The BJP makes lots of promises before polls, but forgets them after coming to power, the Congress president averred. "It is their habit to intimidate everyone. You will survive only when you will not be scared. If we want to protect our jal, jungle, zameen (water, forest, land) then you all have to be united in the fight against them (BJP)," he insisted. "Today, people like Adani and Ambani have been coming here (Chhattisgarh) and occupying land. They are felling lakhs of trees (in forests for mines). Modi ji has been destroying the lives of our tribal brothers and the people of Chhattisgarh," the Congress leader alleged. "Why is (Union Home Minister Amit Shah) Shah visiting Chhattisgarh again and again? Is this your in-laws' place? The chief minister of Chhattisgarh follows their instructions (PM and Home Minister). If they say get up, he gets up. If they said sit, he sits. It is a big betrayal for the self-respect of Chhattisgarh. It is a big insult," he said. Lots of industrialists are coming only to "loot" coal and other mineral deposits in the state and they are not concerned about its people, the Congress president emphasised. "Modi ji and Shah ji have been supporting them (industrialists). Shah has been visiting here to check out for minerals," he claimed.
