'Got a chance to have tea with dead voters': Rahul Gandhi takes shot at EC over Bihar SIR
Pointing at an 85-year-old woman, one of them said that she has been declared 'dead' by the EC and her name has been cut off from the voter list. 'Today they stood at the Supreme Court for 4-5 hours to save their votes. We have the official list where these people are announced dead. The EC has deleted 65 lakh people from the voter list. While 22 lakhs are announced dead, 35 lakhs have shifted and some are duplicates according to the EC. Who are these 35 lakhs?,' he asked.
Another person said despite giving Aadhaar, bank passbook and other documents, his name appeared in the 'dead' list. Gandhi said the EC does not want to share data on these cases.
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