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Got a chance to have tea with dead voters: Rahul

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August 14, 2025

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met a group of seven people from Bihar, who were declared as "dead voters," by the Election Commission in the recently published draft voter rolls in the state.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

The group had travelled from Bihar to Delhi as the Supreme Court was hearing the petitions against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bihar.

Sharing a video on X, in which he is seen interacting with the group, Gandhi said, "There have been many interesting experiences in life, but never got the chance to have tea with 'dead people'. Thank you, Election Commission, for this unique experience!"

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