'No SIR': Bihar erupts in protest against Election Commission's voter-list revision

Protests erupted across Bihar on Wednesday against the Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls even as the Supreme Court agreed to hear one more plea challenging the poll panel’s move.

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Top leaders of the opposition Mahagathbandhan, including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, converged in Patna for the protests.

The INDIA bloc, of which the Mahagathbandhan is a part, is supporting the Bharat Bandh called in protest against the four labour codes, but in Bihar the Opposition coalition has chosen to also highlight its reservations against the Election Commission's move, which threatens to disenfranchise crores of voters with barely months to go for the Bihar Assembly elections.

The RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, The CPI’s D. Raja, the CPM's M.A. Baby and the CPI(ML)’s Dipankar Bhattacharya joined Rahul Gandhi in a giant procession that started from the Income Tax crossing in the Bihar capital, a stone’s throw from landmarks such as Patna High Court and offices of many political parties. The leaders stood atop an open vehicle amid a vast sea of workers of the parties as the crowd marched to the Election Commission's office, about one-and-half kilometres away.