SIR an attempt to disenfranchise 20% Bihar voters, alleges Cong
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Patna: The Congress on Thursday accused the
Election Commission
of attempting to disenfranchise nearly 20% of voters in Bihar under the garb of the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar claimed that the EC had made up its mind to deny voting rights to large sections of the population, especially migrant workers who stay outside the state under compulsion but return home during elections to cast their votes.
"It seems the EC has already made up its mind to deny voting rights to Bihar people," he said, questioning the integrity of the entire exercise.
He added that people affected by floods have nothing left in their homes and are in no position to produce documents. "Every time there is a flood, their homes get submerged, and they must rebuild from scratch. Where will people living in such conditions bring proof for you?" he asked. He further alleged that the BLOs, who have been assigned the task of verifying thousands of voters, have not been provided the necessary resources to do their job properly.
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Krishna Allavaru, Congress's in charge for Bihar, accused the EC of acting under govt pressure. "Whenever the govt faces a crisis, its agencies begin such actions," he said. "It is strange that the very voters who elected this government are now being asked to prove their identity. By excluding Aadhaar from this voter revision process, eight crore people are being asked to submit documents they don't have," he added.
Pawan Khera, chairman of the party's media and publicity department, described the entire exercise as a move to delete voters' names before the upcoming elections. "The EC's decision is to disenfranchise people, which we strongly oppose," Khera said, linking the timing of the revision drive to a recent opinion survey. "The process was launched just as a new survey showed a surge in popularity for the INDIA bloc and our leader Rahul Gandhi," he said.
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