Rahul urges poll panel chief to check ‘vote theft’ in Bihar rally

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday once again targeted the Election Commission of India over alleged bias and wrongdoings in electoral roll revision in Bihar, saying the poll panel should “think” about the concerns being raised by the masses and end its “partnership” with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Addressing the media after leading the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Purnia, Rahul said his march has thrown up an interesting aspect about the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar, as even young children have been coming to him and saying “Vote Chor, Kursi Chod” -- implying that the masses are alleging massive manipulation of voter list.

“Every child in Bihar has been politically activated over the issue. It is an interesting phenomenon and the Election Commission of India should think about it,” he said.

Dismissing the ECI claim that only those voters who have died or migrated have been cut, Rahul said we are meeting people every day who have complaints of wrongful deletion of their names.

“Names of even those people who have voted five to six times in the past have been deleted. We don’t know what the ECI is claiming,” he said, that his current march is the third one after two Bharat Jodo and Nyay Yatras.