Bihar Voter List Controversy: Before the Bihar assembly elections, politics has been hot on special intensive revision of voter list. Tejashwi Yadav started the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ across the state, calling it a conspiracy to cut the name of poor voters. On August 25, Tejashwi issued a video message appealing to the leaders and workers of his party to get involved in this work and whose names are wrong or those who have become new voters, should be added to their names. However, the effect of his appeal did not appear on the ground at all. So far only 10 objections or claims have been filed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), while September 1 is the last day of claim or objection. This figure is raising questions on Tejashwi’s appeal and reflects RJD’s failure.
Tejashwi appeals ineffective, only 10 cases were registered!
Six days after Tejashwi Yadav’s appeal, RJD’s claim and objection score is a serious topic. All these 10 cases are to be added to the name. In the Grand Alliance, only CPI-ML has applied for adding 15 names and removing 103 names. In addition, no party of power or opposition has submitted any claim or objection form. Congress spokesperson Pawan Kheda alleged in Patna that his party had complained about 89 lakh cases to the Election Commission, but the Commission is saying that he has not received any complaint. This contradiction raises serious questions on the allegations of the opposition.
Went to ‘Supreme Court’, yet only 128 cases on 65 lakhs?
A total of 12 national and provincial parties of power and opposition are included in the process of revision of voter list at 1 lakh 60 thousand 813 booths. The total contribution of all these parties is only 128 cases. The opposition, which approached the Supreme Court on this issue and got an order to take Aadhaar from the court, has been able to register only 128 cases despite being cut off 65 lakh names. On behalf of RJD, only 3 cases were registered till 28 August till August 29 and 10 till August 9 till August. On August 31, this figure rests at 10. This situation highlights the ‘verbal deposits’ of the opposition.
The public became aware, but why the leaders were sluggish?
This is the situation when voters themselves have claimed to add 33,326 names by 10 am on August 31 and to remove 2,07,565 names. The Commission has settled 38,342 cases out of this. Similarly, 15 lakh 32 thousand 438 people, who have achieved 18 years of age, applied to add names, out of which the Commission has settled more than 81 thousand cases. These figures show that the public is aware of their rights, but why the opposition leaders and workers should be sluggish on this issue? In the last hearing, the Supreme Court asked the opposition parties what they did to get the name added, and this question would remain in the next hearing. On the evening of 1 September, when the claim and objection work stops, then the question will remain unanswered for the leaders who took out the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’, what they did?