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The Print
2 hours ago
- The Print
Rahul to escalate campaign against ‘vote chori' with ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Sasaram
'Whenever Rahul Gandhi ji has set out for a yatra, the democracy of this country has turned a page. 'Voter Rights Yatra' will be a historic march. It will prove to be a milestone in the history of our democracy,' the Congress' media and publicity department head, Pawan Khera, said at a press conference at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, along with the RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and other Mahagathbandhan leaders, will undertake the 16-day and 1,300 km yatra from Sasaram that will conclude with a rally in Patna on September 1. Sasaram (Bihar), Aug 16 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will embark on a 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' across Bihar from here on Sunday, with his party asserting it will fight for the 'one man, one vote' principle and not accept the Election Commission becoming a 'compartment' of the BJP's 'so-called double engine'. 'We will not accept that the Election Commission becomes a compartment of this so-called 'double engine'. We are fighting against this and will continue to do so in the future,' he added. The party has been protesting against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, alleging the EC's exercise is aimed at 'disenfranchising voters' in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due later this year. The Congress urged the people of Bihar to join the yatra for their rights and entitlements so that democracy can get a direction from Bihar. 'The yatra, starting in Bihar from August 17, is a journey to make people aware because the conspirators will not be deterred and they will try to steal votes,' Khera said. 'The yatra will conclude with a huge rally in Patna on September 1, and the people of the INDIA bloc will participate in it.' He added that the yatra has been planned to fight for the right of 'one person-one vote'. 'It is possible to breathe freely in independent India because we have the power to vote. Rahul Gandhi has started a struggle so that every citizen of the country can breathe freely,' Kehra said. 'The way the game of adding and deducting fake votes was going on, the BJP people have been caught red-handed,' he claimed, adding that 'now, even ordinary citizens are giving evidence of vote theft. When our INDIA bloc colleagues and social workers appealed together, the Supreme Court also had to intervene.' 'This conspiracy was not just to snatch votes. It was a conspiracy to snatch your and our identity. Today, the right to vote is being snatched from the Dalits, the deprived, the oppressed, the exploited, the minorities; tomorrow their participation will be snatched,' Khera alleged. He claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched to attack the poor, against which the people of the country have raised their voice. The Yatra will pass through Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, Lakhisarai, Munger, Bhagalpur, Katihar, Purnea, Araria, Supaul, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Chapra and Ara. At a press briefing in Patna, Congress MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh said that when the Election Commission announced the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the leaders of the INDIA bloc went to meet poll panel officials, who had stated that 20 per cent of the voters in Bihar would lose their franchise. 'We demanded a discussion on this issue in the House, but the BJP government did not consider it necessary. When the new draft list came out after SIR in Bihar, many irregularities were revealed. When we are asking for answers on this, the BLO (block-level officer) has no answer,' he claimed. 'In such a situation, we have decided that the Congress will start a 'Voter Awareness Campaign'. In this, we will go to all districts of Bihar and make people aware, so that they are not deprived of their rights,' Singh said. He also said that Rahul Gandhi is fighting to save the Constitution. 'Rahul Gandhi is the voice of the poor, deprived, women, farmers, and labourers of the country. We request the people of Bihar to take part in this journey and help us in foiling the plans of the Election Commission-BJP,' Singh added. Gandhi on Thursday said, 'We are waging a direct fight against 'vote chori' from Bihar with the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra.' He asserted that his party will ensure a clean voters' list across the country. ''Vote chori' is not just an election issue but a decisive battle to protect democracy, the Constitution and the principle of 'one man, one vote',' he had said. The Congress on Tuesday claimed that 'vote chori' was a 'do-or-die' issue for it, and announced a roadmap to take its allegations to the people through various activities. PTI ASK NSD NSD This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
New Indian Express
2 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Some parties ignored voter roll checks in time: ECI defends deletions; Congress raises concern
NEW DELHI: Days after the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish a list of 65 lakh deleted voter names in Bihar along with the reasons, the poll body, in a statement on Saturday, said that utmost transparency is the hallmark of electoral roll preparation, as per law, rules, and guidelines. The statement comes a day ahead of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi's fortnight-long Vote Adhikar Yatra, scheduled to begin on Sunday in Bihar. In a veiled reference to the allegations of the Congress on irregularities in voters' lists, the ECI said it seemed to the panel that some political parties and their booth-level agents (BLAs) did not examine the electoral rolls at the appropriate time and did not point out errors, if any, to Sub-Divisional Magistrates/ Electoral Registration Officers, District Election Officers or Chief Election Officers. It further said that it continues to welcome the scrutiny of electoral rolls by political parties and any elector. Responding to the ECI, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said the ECI has crossed all limits of shamelessness by shrugging all its responsibilities in the face of grave allegations of vote theft and mass rigging. Constitutional authorities are expected to be the epitome of probity - not hide behind vaguely drafted press notes to mask their guilt in destroying democracy, he said in a statement. The tone and tenor of the press note raise greater suspicions that the ECI will take no steps to address the public's grave concerns about mass-scale vote rigging allegedly done by the BJP-controlled poll body, he said. 'If the ECI 'welcomes the scrutiny of electoral rolls', the Chief Election Commissioner and other ECs must come clean on why they still refuse to provide parties with machine-readable electoral rolls and why CCTV footage is being deleted,' Venugopal added. The ECI, in its statement, reiterated that pure electoral rolls strengthen democracy, and political parties are involved at each stage of their preparation. 'Appropriate time and opportunity are given to electors and political parties to rectify errors, if any. The election system for Parliament and Assembly elections in India is a multi-layered decentralised construct as envisaged by law,' it said.
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
Rahul Gandhi to launch 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar from Aug 17, to cover more than 20 district in 16 days
Rahul Gandhi announced a 'Vote Adikar Yatra' in Bihar to protest alleged voter roll manipulation. The 16-day, 1300+ km yatra aims to raise awareness about threats to voting rights. Akhilesh Prasad Singh stated Gandhi will be in Bihar for over two weeks, concluding with a Patna rally on September 1st. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi , on Sunday announced ' Vote Adikar Yatra ' in Bihar to make people aware of the alleged assault on the right to vote through the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the took to social media platform X to announce the schedule of the 'yatra'. "16 days 20+ districts 1,300+ km We are coming among the people with the Voter Rights Yatra. This is the fight to protect the most fundamental democratic right - 'one person, one vote.' Join us in Bihar to save the Constitution," he journey will begin on August 17 and will end on September in the day, former Bihar Congress president Akhilesh Prasad Singh said Gandhi is likely to be in the state for over a fortnight till the 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' concludes with a rally in Patna on September 1.'Tomorrow, Gandhi will launch the yatra from Sasaram. All the necessary permission has been obtained from the authorities concerned. The yatra will build a tempo in favour of the INDIA bloc ahead of the assembly polls,' the Rajya Sabha MP said that Gandhi is likely to stay in Bihar for 15 days, leading the yatra covering 25 districts in the state with three 'break days' on August 20, 25 and 31.'At Sasaram, Rahul Gandhi is likely to be joined by Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in Bihar, besides our other alliance partners, including three Left parties. For the final rally in Patna on September 1, we will try to bring leaders of as many like-minded parties as possible,' Singh said.'We have been left with no option, but to hit the streets. Our pleas for a discussion on the sensitive issue in Parliament have fallen on deaf ears. The behaviour of the Election Commission reminds us of Babasaheb Ambedkar's warning that the Constitution faced the greatest threat from those who were either stupid or cunning,' he parties, including NDA partner like Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, have raised concerns over the special intensive revision, as part of which names of 'lakhs of people have been deleted from the electoral rolls', Singh said.'Only two parties, the BJP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), have not spoken a word on the issue. In any case, the government headed by Kumar, who has an alliance with the BJP, is all set to be voted out in the upcoming elections. The people of the state are fed up with the current regime,' he RJD launched a song with with lyrics in a mix of Hindi and Bhojpuri in a bid to project the key role Tejashwi Yadav is expected to play in the yatra. In the video of the song, Yadav is seen sharing the space with Gandhi, and hailed as a leader who was vigilant and willing to rouse the people, and ensure 'nobody's right to vote is snatched and the spirit of freedom is never lost'.
