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Time of India
42 minutes ago
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- Time of India
Has EC become BJP's 'election chori branch': Rahul Gandhi slams poll body's Bihar SIR
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Election Commission has been caught "red handed" stealing votes in the name of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, and asked whether the poll body has completely become BJP's 'Election chori branch'. The EC has all along maintained that the revision, being held after 22 years, will cleanse the voters' list of ineligible people, duplicate entries and include those eligible as per law to vote. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category PGDM Public Policy CXO Others Operations Management Product Management Management Data Science Degree Finance Technology Digital Marketing MCA Data Analytics healthcare Healthcare Project Management Artificial Intelligence Data Science Design Thinking MBA Leadership Skills you'll gain: Financial Analysis & Decision Making Quantitative & Analytical Skills Organizational Management & Leadership Innovation & Entrepreneurship Duration: 24 Months IMI Delhi Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Online) Starts on Sep 1, 2024 Get Details Gandhi shared a post by Ajit Anjum, whose YouTube channel is running a series on special intensive revision ( SIR ) of electoral rolls in Bihar. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2 Insane Cards Now Charging 0% Interest Until Nearly 2027 CompareCredit Undo "Election Commission in Bihar has been caught red handed stealing votes in the name of 'SIR'. Work - just theft but name is 'SIR' and FIR will be lodged against the one who exposes it!" Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X. 'Is EC still 'Election Commission' or has it completely become BJP's 'Election Chori' branch?" the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. Live Events Anjum has been accused of spreading communal tensions in Begusarai district by the local administration. He had denied the allegation and shared a screenshot of an FIR lodged against him. Opposition parties have asserted that the ongoing exercise will disfranchise crores of eligible Indian citizens for the want of citizenship documents. On Wednesday, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar thanked the eligible voters of Bihar for their active participation in the "much-needed" cleaning of the electoral rolls during SIR. Kumar's remarks came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court hearing a clutch of pleas questioning the intent behind the SIR ahead of the assembly polls in the state later this year.
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Business Standard
an hour ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Rahul slams EC over Bihar SIR, calls it BJP's 'election chori branch'
Opposition parties have asserted that the ongoing exercise will disfranchise crores of eligible Indian citizens for the want of citizenship documents Press Trust of India New Delhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Election Commission has been caught "red handed" stealing votes in the name of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, and asked whether the poll body has completely become BJP's 'Election chori branch'. The EC has all along maintained that the revision, being held after 22 years, will cleanse the voters' list of ineligible people, duplicate entries and include those eligible as per law to vote. Gandhi shared a post by Ajit Anjum, whose YouTube channel is running a series on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. "Election Commission in Bihar has been caught red handed stealing votes in the name of 'SIR'. Work - just theft but name is 'SIR' and FIR will be lodged against the one who exposes it!" Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X. 'Is EC still 'Election Commission' or has it completely become BJP's 'Election Chori' branch?" the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. Anjum has been accused of spreading communal tensions in Begusarai district by the local administration. He had denied the allegation and shared a screenshot of an FIR lodged against him. Opposition parties have asserted that the ongoing exercise will disfranchise crores of eligible Indian citizens for the want of citizenship documents. On Wednesday, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar thanked the eligible voters of Bihar for their active participation in the "much-needed" cleaning of the electoral rolls during SIR. Kumar's remarks came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court hearing a clutch of pleas questioning the intent behind the SIR ahead of the assembly polls in the state later this year. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The Hindu
an hour ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Rahul Gandhi slams Election Commission over Bihar Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (July 17, 2025) claimed that the Election Commission has been caught "red handed" stealing votes in the name of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and asked whether the poll body has completely become BJP's 'Election chori branch'. The EC has all along maintained that the revision, being held after 22 years, will cleanse the voters' list of ineligible people, duplicate entries and include those eligible as per law to vote. Mr. Gandhi shared a post by Ajit Anjum, whose YouTube channel is running a series on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. "Election Commission in Bihar has been caught red handed stealing votes in the name of 'SIR'. And FIR will be lodged against the one who exposes it!" Mr. Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X. 'Is EC still 'Election Commission' or has it completely become BJP's 'Election Chori' branch?" the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. Mr. Anjum has been accused of spreading communal tensions in Begusarai district by the local administration. He had denied the allegation and shared a screenshot of an FIR lodged against him. Opposition parties have asserted that the ongoing exercise will disfranchise crores of eligible Indian citizens for the want of citizenship documents. On Wednesday (July 16, 2025), Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar thanked the eligible voters of Bihar for their active participation in the "much-needed" cleaning of the electoral rolls during SIR. Mr. Kumar's remarks came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court hearing a clutch of pleas questioning the intent behind the SIR ahead of the assembly polls in the state later this year.
AFP
3 hours ago
- Politics
- AFP
Posts accusing Rahul Gandhi of 'insulting Hindu festival' use misleadingly edited speech
"Rahul Gandhi, standing on the soil of Odisha, called the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath a 'drama'!" reads part of the Hindi-language caption of a Facebook video shared on July 11, 2025. The video shows Gandhi standing at a podium and saying: "When the Jagannath Yatra takes place in Odisha, the chariot of the Jagannath Yatra comes out, hundreds of thousands of people watch it and follow it and then a drama takes place." It was shared after a deadly stampede marred the annual Rath Yatra festival honouring the Hindu deity Lord Jagannath, which was held in eastern Odisha state (archived link). At least three people were killed and around 50 others injured in the early hours of June 29, with the Times of India reporting that eyewitnesses blamed the chaos on poor planning and arrangements for VIPs (archived link). Image Screenshot of the false Facebook post captured on July 16, 2025, with a red X added by AFP The clip was also shared in similar Facebook, Threads and X posts targeting the opposition Congress party's leader. "The Supreme Court should take cognisance of the insult of the Hindu faith and Lord Jagannath by this heretic and strict action should be taken against this heretic," read a comment on one of the posts. Another said: "When will action be taken against this corrupt stupid man? How long will he keep roaming around the country and keep talking nonsense, keep playing with the sentiments of Hindu believers?" The video, however, has been misleadingly edited. Clipped video A reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the misleadingly edited video led to a longer version published on the verified YouTube channel of News 18 Odia on July 11 (archived link). Its description states that Gandhi was speaking at Congress' "Save the Constitution" rally in Odisha's Bhubaneswar city, part of a national campaign to bolster support for the opposition party. Image Screenshot comparison of the falsely shared clip (left) and the News 18 Odia video (right) The segment used in the false posts can be seen at the video's 32-second mark. The falsely shared clip omits Gandhi explaining what he meant by "drama". "When the Jagannath Yatra takes place in Odisha, the chariot of the Jagannath Yatra comes out, hundreds of thousands of people watch it and follow it and then a drama takes place -- the chariots are stopped specifically for Adani and his family," he says, referring to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. The Adani Group chairman took part in the Rath Yatra with his family on June 28 (archived link). The pulling of giant chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings from the Lion's Gate of the Shree Jagannath Temple to the Gundicha Temple 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away -- a key ritual in the Rath Yatra -- had been delayed by a day, according to India's The Telegraph newspaper (archived link). The newspaper said the opposition Congress party accused the Odisha state government, run by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of deliberately delaying the ritual so the Adani family could take part. In response, Odisha law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan accused the opposition of trying to "politicise the issue". Gandhi goes on to say in his speech: "This alone reveals the true nature of the Odisha government. This is not the Odisha government and it is also not the government of poor people. "It doesn't serve the people of Odisha, but rather a handful of billionaires like Adani. Their aim is to seize your land, your forests, and your future." His remarks were also reported by The Indian Express, The Print, PTI and Times of India (archived here, here, here and here). AFP has debunked other false posts targeting the opposition leader here.
The Print
3 hours ago
- Politics
- The Print
Terrorists behind Pahalgam attack identified, could be eliminated soon, says J&K L-G Manoj Sinha
'Terrorism has been the state policy of Pakistan, and it is in the DNA of Pakistan…since inception, it has used a terror policy post-1947, to attack Jammu & Kashmir. The recent attack was by the design and intention of Pakistan, too,' Manoj Sinha said. On the motive behind the attack, Lt. Governor Sinha said that it was to 'create communal divide and disrupt peace of state and business activity, so that Pakistan can again start recruitment of handlers'. New Delhi: The security agencies have identified the terrorists behind the 22 April Pahalgam attack, and soon, will eliminate them, Manoj Sinha said, speaking on the occasion of his completion of 5 years as the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, at a function in Gandhi Smriti, Delhi, Wednesday. However, 'the people of Kashmir showed up and demonstrated how fed up they were with terror', he added. 'They want peace and prosperity.' Two days ago, the L-G stunned the state, saying it was a 'security failure' that led to the deaths of 26 innocent people in Pahalgam. 'What happened in Pahalgam was very unfortunate. Innocent people were killed. I took full responsibility for the incident, but it was undoubtedly a security failure,' Manoj Sinha said. Calling Pakistan the 'biggest enemy of humanity', he said that the 'global powers will have to end terrorism from Pakistan; it is the duty of the global powers'. 'Pakistan does not want prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir; our neighbour does not like peace in Kashmir. But there is a change brewing in the state, and local people have realised that their destiny and prosperity lie with India and in peace'. Quoting a Gandhi speech, Sinha said, 'Gandhi wanted peace and prosperity in Jammu & Kashmir. He once said that if one has to choose between cowardice and violence, the way is violence. And, when Pakistan disturbed the peace in Kashmir, Gandhi said our Army should move forward and defeat the enemy.' In 1924, the late Mahatma Gandhi said, 'My non-violence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving dear ones unprotected. Between violence and cowardly flight, I can prefer only violence to cowardice; shunning non-violence is the summit of bravery.' Without directly saying it, Manoj Sinha cited the Gandhian philosophy as the context of the subsequent Indian attack on Pakistan. At the event, Vijay Goel, the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti Vice-Chairperson, delivered a brief speech. He said, 'Like Gandhi, Modi is bringing peace and prosperity in Jammu & Kashmir'. Elaborating on the Kashmir situation since he had assumed the L-G role in 2020, Sinha said, 'Kashmir's economy has doubled. A Kashmir bank, specifically Jammu & Kashmir Bank, was running at a loss of Rs 1,300 crore, but today its profit margin stands at Rs 1,700 crore. Roughly 2.38 crore tourists visited Kashmir last year, and builders constructed 5,000 new hotels. A 1.5 lakh crore highway project is under construction here. A Tiranga Yatra took place in the village of Burhan Wani.' During the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, the state was peaceful, he said. 'Not a single incident happened, and there was no question about election integrity. Forget firing, not a single pebble was thrown. Currently, people are enjoying nightlife, and children are going to school.' Operation Sindoor, Manoj Sinha said, showed that if anybody has bad intentions towards India, the country will give a befitting reply. He added that the most striking part of the operation was how the Army made use of India-made drones and other indigenously produced defence equipment to attack Pakistan. 'Prime Minister Modi has said categorically that Operation Sindoor has not ended, and if any misadventure takes place, it will be treated as an act of war,' he added. Discussing his efforts for establishing normalcy in J&K, L-G Sinha said, 'The incident of throwing stones has become history, the recruitment of handlers by Pakistan is minimal. Earlier, it recruited 150 locals, but last year, there were only six such cases, and this year, it was only one case. Radicalisation has stopped.' NIA officers showing no mercy to terrorists and public support for peace, and a change in their outlook were critical in bringing normalcy, he added. 'After abrogation of Article 370, the Prime Minister desired peace in the state, and my vision was clear on how to have peace and prosperity in the state—peace is not for buying but for establishing,' Manoj Sinha stated. (Edited by Madhurita Goswami) Also read: 'Some screamed with every thud, others prayed'—J&K residents recall night of Operation Sindoor
