NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Celebration on Sunday hinted at a large-scale electoral roll tampering conspiracy allegedly led via the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, forward of the meeting election scheduled for the tip of the yr.An afternoon after an RJD chief claimed that his identify used to be ignored from the voter record following the Election Fee’s Particular Extensive Revision (SIR), the BJP accused the previous deputy leader minister and RJD employees of possessing a couple of voter ID playing cards — a felony offence.
“He cried that his identify used to be no longer there within the electoral roll, so may just he participate within the elections in Bihar?… After that, the EC and Patna DM published the reality. They mentioned that Tejashwi yadav’s identify and EPIC quantity are provide, and his identify has no longer been lower from the electoral roll printed after the SIR,” BJP chief Sambit Patra mentioned at a press convention.“The EC additional mentioned that the EPIC quantity, which positioned his identify within the electoral roll at serial quantity 416, is equal to the only he utilized in his nomination papers all the way through the 2020 elections. This implies he had two EPIC numbers. Did he have two voter IDs?” he requested.Patra additionally claimed that the ballot frame’s workout to sanitize the electoral roll within the state has “uncovered the entire sport” of the RJD.“Sarvochh Neta Ke Hain 2 EPIC NUMBER, to karyakarta ka haal kya hoga. He remarked.“Consider those Congress and RJD leaders and their employees, who have been used to taking pictures cubicles and profitable at the foundation of hooliganism—their complete sport has been uncovered,” Patra added.Previous on Saturday, Tejashwi Yadav had claimed that his identify had vanished from Bihar’s voter record, in spite of protecting a sound EPIC quantity.Showing the “no data discovered” message on a enormous display all the way through a press convention, the previous deputy CM alleged a bigger conspiracy via the Election Fee to erase citizens forward of the meeting polls.Alternatively, responding to the allegations, the Election Fee of India mentioned that Tejashwi Yadav’s identify is provide within the draft voter record. The Fee additionally launched a replica of the record containing his identify to counter his declare.In the meantime, a probe is on to determine if his 2nd EPIC quantity is cast, Election Fee of India (ECI) resources informed information company ANI.