‘This means he had two EPIC nos’: BJP on Tejashwi Yadav’s ‘lacking identify’ declare; asks did he have two voter IDs? | India News

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday hinted at a large-scale electoral roll tampering conspiracy allegedly led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, forward of the meeting election scheduled for the top of the yr.A day after an RJD chief claimed that his identify was omitted from the voter checklist following the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the BJP accused the previous deputy chief minister and RJD staff of possessing a number of voter ID playing cards — a felony offence.

“He cried that his name was not there in the electoral roll, so could he take part in the elections in Bihar?… After that, the EC and Patna DM revealed the truth. They said that Tejashwi Yadav‘s name and EPIC number are present, and his name has not been cut from the electoral roll published after the SIR,” BJP chief Sambit Patra stated at a press convention.“The EC further said that the EPIC number, which placed his name in the electoral roll at serial number 416, is the same as the one he used in his nomination papers during the 2020 elections. This means he had two EPIC numbers. Did he have two voter IDs?” he requested.Patra additionally claimed that the ballot physique’s train to sanitize the electoral roll within the state has “exposed the whole game” of the RJD.“Sarvochh neta ke hain 2 EPIC number, to karyakarta ka haal kya hoga. Is this why they are afraid of SIR?” he remarked.“Imagine these Congress and RJD leaders and their workers, who were used to capturing booths and winning on the basis of hooliganism—their whole game has been exposed,” Patra added.Earlier on Saturday, Tejashwi Yadav had claimed that his identify had vanished from Bihar’s voter checklist, regardless of holding a legitimate EPIC quantity.Displaying the “no records found” message on a big display screen throughout a press convention, the previous deputy CM alleged a bigger conspiracy by the Election Commission to erase voters forward of the meeting polls.However, responding to the allegations, the Election Commission of India said that Tejashwi Yadav’s identify is current within the draft voter checklist. The Commission additionally launched a duplicate of the checklist containing his identify to counter his declare.Meanwhile, a probe is on to determine if his second EPIC quantity is cast, Election Commission of India (ECI) sources informed information company ANI.