A day after the Election Fee printed the Draft Electoral Rolls as per Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav’s identify has not been discovered for the second EPIC quantity but, PTI quoted the ECI as saying on Saturday.
The Election Fee even famous that it’s fairly seemingly that the second EPIC (Election Picture Identification Card) was by no means made by means of an official channel.
Rejecting Tejaswi Yadav’s allegation that his EPIC quantity was modified, ECI acknowledged that the RJD chief used the Electoral Roll with EPIC No. RAB0456228 for filling his nomination papers on affidavit in 2020.
The ECI sources acknowledged Tejashwi was having this EPIC quantity even within the electoral roll in 2015, and his identify with this EPIC quantity exists within the draft Electoral Rolls.
The opposite EPIC quantity – RAB2916120 has been discovered to be non-existent, and greater than 10 years of information have been checked, and additional inquiries are being made to grasp “whether or not that could be a solid doc”, added the ECI sources.
“The opposite EPIC quantity – RAB2916120 has been discovered to be non-existing. Greater than ten years previous information have been checked. No information have been discovered for the second EPIC quantity but. It’s extremely seemingly that the second EPIC was by no means made by means of the official channel. Additional inquiries are on to grasp that actuality of the second EPIC quantity, whether or not that could be a solid doc,” PTI quoted the supply as saying.
What Tejashwi had alleged?
The previous Bihar Deputy Chief Minister had made allegations towards the ECI over the draft electoral rolls printed on 1 August, saying his identify is lacking after which stating that his EPIC quantity has been modified.
“If my EPIC quantity may very well be modified, then how many individuals’s EPIC quantity was modified? These are the questions we’re posing to the Election Fee. This can be a conspiracy to chop folks’s names from the voter record,” he alleged.
Yadav, who’s the Chief of Opposition within the Bihar Meeting, alleged that his identify was lacking from the voter record amid the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train in Bihar. “My identify just isn’t there within the electoral roll. How will I contest the elections?” Tejashwi Yadav requested.
ECI reply:
ECI clarified that Tejashwi’s identify is included within the draft voter record at serial quantity 416. “It has come to our consideration that Tejashwi Yadav has made a mischievous declare that his identify doesn’t seem within the draft electoral roll. His identify is listed at Serial Quantity 416 within the Draft Electoral Roll. Subsequently, any declare stating that his identify just isn’t included within the draft electoral roll is fake and factually incorrect,” the ballot panel mentioned.
The District Administration of Patna additionally clarified the scenario and talked about that his identify is included at polling station quantity 204, Library Constructing of Bihar Animal Science College. District Justice of the Peace of Patna mentioned, “It has been realized from some information sources that the identify of the Chief of Opposition, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, just isn’t within the draft voter record of particular intensive revision. An investigation was carried out on this regard by the District Administration, Patna. It has develop into clear on this that the identify of the Chief of the Opposition is recorded within the draft voter record.”
“At current, his identify is recorded at polling station quantity 204, Library Constructing of Bihar Animal Science College, serial quantity 416. Earlier, his identify was recorded at polling station quantity 171, serial quantity 481, Library Constructing of Bihar Animal Science College,” Patna DM added.
The EC mentioned the general public has one month to submit claims and objections, assuring that “no identify will likely be faraway from the draft voter record with no acknowledged cause.” “The draft voter record has been launched at this time in Bihar. One-month interval for claims and objections begins; draft record shared with political events. Nonetheless a full one month to get names added. No identify will likely be faraway from the draft voter record with no acknowledged cause,” the Fee mentioned in a put up on X.
