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Is EC BJP's 'election chori branch': Rahul slams Bihar SIR

He says EC is caught 'red-handed' stealing votes in the name of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar

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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI, 17 JULY

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. He asked whether the poll body has completely become BJP's 'Election chori branch'.

The Election Commission 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.

"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.