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Grand Oppn united show of strength against EC in Bihar
The Morning Standard
|August 18, 2025
THE 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar was flagged off on Sunday amid a remarkable show of solidarity by the Opposition, with the INDIA bloc top brass in attendance.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, MP K C Venugopal, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, Bihar LoP Tejashwi Yadav, and CPI (M-L) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya stood hand-in-hand as they called for ousting the NDA government in the state.
Addressing the gathering, the Congress president charged the Election Commission (EC) with acting as an "agent" of the Modi government, posing a "threat" to the Constitution and people's right to vote.
Kharge also launched a frontal attack on PM Modi, saying, "He poses a threat to the Constitution and the right to vote enshrined therein. It is the duty of the people to protect these rights by dethroning him."
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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