Rahul’s ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar starts today | India News

NEW DELHI/SASARAM: With Bihar gearing up for meeting polls, chief of opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi is all set to launch the ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram in Rohtas district Sunday to focus on the alleged assault on individuals’s voting rights by means of the particular intensive revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls and to make the battle in opposition to “vote theft” a mass motion.Rahul might be joined in the yatra, unfold over 16 days, by members of INDIA bloc events which are a part of the “mahagathbandhan” in Bihar, corresponding to RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav. The yatra will culminate with a present of power at a rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Sept 1.On Saturday, Rahul on X mentioned, “Sixteen days, 20-plus districts, 1,300-plus kilometres. We are coming among the people with voter rights yatra. This is the right to protect the most fundamental democratic right – ‘one person, one vote’. Join us in Bihar to save the Constitution.”Addressing a press convention in Delhi in regards to the yatra – that starts from south Bihar’s Sasaram parliamentary constituency which is seen as a Congress stronghold – occasion spokesperson Pawan Khera mentioned the yatra will journey throughout districts to cowl the state and there might be three break days – Aug 20, 25 and 31. Besides Tejashwi, different INDIA bloc companions, which embrace three Left events, can even be a part of the yatra, he mentioned.CPI (ML) Liberation confirmed to TOI that its common secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, together with Karakat MP Raja Ram might be becoming a member of Rahul. CPM functionary Subashini Ali can even be a part of the yatra. CPI can also be a part of the INDIA bloc.Khera alleged that SIR had really uncovered the designs of BJP to disenfranchise lakhs of voters, together with Dalits, adivasis, minorities, the poor individuals and the day by day wage labourers.He mentioned due to the individuals of Bihar, activists, and Congress and INDIA bloc staff who raised their voice in opposition to SIR, the Election Commission has been compelled to do the course correction. Khera mentioned, it was solely after Supreme Court’s intervention that the EC was compelled to deal with the considerations of the frequent individuals and voters.Khera mentioned the intention of the Yatra was to make sure consciousness and application among the many individuals in order that the Modi govt doesn’t proceed with its conspiracy to disclaim voting rights to the individuals of Bihar.