Patna, Aug 14 (UNI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has levelled serious allegations at the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing NDA's Dinesh Singh and Veena Devi of possessing duplicate Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) and being registered in multiple constituencies.
The war of words between the ruling BJP and the Opposition on the large-scale irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar has heated up ahead of Bihar Assembly polls.
The RJD leader slammed the ECI, alleging "fraud committed in collusion between the Election Commission, the BJP, and the NDA". He questioned the ECI's impartiality, asking if it has become a tool for the BJP to win.
He alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s close associate MLC Dinesh Singh and his wife Veena Devi, an NDA MP from Vaishali, also have multiple voter IDs.
In a post on social media platforms ‘X’, Tejashwi stated that Dinesh Singh, a long-time JD(U)legislator, possesses two different EPIC IDs REM0933267 and UTO1134527 registered in two different Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.
Similarly, his wife, Veena Devi, an NDA MP from Vaishali, also possesses two different EPIC IDs UTO1134543 and GSB1037894 issued by two different district administrations and registered in two different Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.
In his attempt to prove large-scale irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the RJD leader has been revealing the names of top NDA leaders who possess more than one voter ID.
Earlier, he alleged that Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha’s name is listed in two different constituencies. Later, he raised the issue of two voter IDs issued to senior BJP leader and Muzaffarpur Mayor Nirmala Devi and her two brothers-in-law.
He said that Dinesh Singh and Veena Devi’s names registered as voters in two different Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies indicates that they must have filed two different forms during the voter list revision, or enumeration forms were filed, on their behalf, by the BLOs appointed by the Election Commission.
He said that the onus is on the Election Commission to prove how the two leaders got two different voter IDs.
He asked, “Did the Election Commission allow Dinesh Singh to have two voter IDs because of his closeness to the Chief Minister? Is this not a case of fraud, manipulation, and collusion by the Election Commission to ensure a victory for the BJP-led NDA?
“Will the Election Commission accept its irregularities and mistakes in the SIR? Will the Election Commission issue notices to Dinesh Singh and Veena Devi from two different places?” he asked further.
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