‘Unless you win…’: Amid Bihar voter list row, Salman Khurshid downplays protest; urges focus on winning polls | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Salman Khurshid on Saturday took a unique view from his get together on the Bihar voter list revision, saying that the focus of the get together ought to be on winning elections suggesting that “unless you win, your point will not matter.”In remarks that seem to diverge from the get together’s combative line, Khurshid stated: “Whoever is raising questions (on the Election Commission), let them… The reality is that, ultimately, unless you win the election, your point will not matter, so we have to try to put all our efforts into winning the elections only then will it matter.”On the Supreme Court’s verdict on the electoral rolls revision in Bihar, Khurshid stated, “One should not speak on the verdict of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has given relief too in this case…”The apex courtroom had dominated that the Election Commission’s choice to hold out the SIR is a “constitutional mandate”, permitting the revision to proceed. It additionally requested the EC to contemplate accepting Aadhaar, Voter ID, and ration playing cards as legitimate paperwork for the train.His feedback come as opposition events, particularly the Congress and RJD, have been vocally important of the EC’s voter list revision, alleging that it’s being utilized by the BJP and its allies to control the electoral roll forward of the state polls.Congress chief Rahul Gandhi not too long ago led a road protest in Patna, accusing the EC of trying to copy what he referred to as the “Maharashtra model of voter list manipulation” in Bihar.Khurshid’s newest remarks echo a sample. He has beforehand drawn inside criticism for positions that seem at odds with the Congress excessive command. During the current world outreach mission after Operation Sindoor, he praised the Modi authorities’s efforts on Kashmir, saying Article 370 had “given the impression that [J&K] was separate from the rest of the country” and calling the abrogation a transfer that ended the issue.

BJP targets Cong over SIR in Bihar

On Friday, the BJP hailed the Supreme Court’s remarks on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar as a “befitting reply” to opposition criticism, demanding a public apology from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav for opposing the method.Also learn: Why are you entering into citizenship concern? SC asks EC; calls it MHA’s areaCongress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh famous the ruling would assist forestall mass voter disenfranchisement, stating on X, “This will save a vast majority of voters from being disenfranchised.”The BJP criticised Congress for its “double standards”, declaring that whereas the get together had earlier opposed linking Aadhaar to Voter IDs, a few of its leaders even approaching the courtroom over it, it’s now supporting the transfer. “This is called double standards,” BJP MP Sambit Patra instructed PTI.BJP’s Gaurav Bhatia additionally accused the opposition of missing religion in constitutional establishments. He referred to as on Gandhi and Yadav to “publicly apologise” and “introspect”, questioning their protests forward of the courtroom listening to.