SIR bid to rig polls in favour of NDA: Rahul at Bihar rally

Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar was an extension of the “Maharashtra model” of rigging the polls in favour of the Bharat-iya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition.

- Subhash Pathak and Avinash Kumar

The Congress leader was taking part in the Bihar bandh supported by the Opposition to protest the Election Commission of India’s controversial move.

Addressing the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc workers during a protest march to the EC's office in Patna, Gandhi alleged: “Maharashtra assembly elections were rigged to favour the BJP and the NDA. They want to repeat it in Bihar, which we will not allow.”