Congress alleges large-scale electoral manipulation in Bihar

BIHAR RIGGING | The Congress party has levelled serious allegations of electoral manipulation in Bihar, claiming that 128 of the 202 seats won by the NDA were the result of “SIR-based voter deletions”.

In a post on X, the party said it has analysed the voter deletion data published by the ECI as ordered by the Supreme Court and compared it with the victory margins in each constituency. “The pattern is unmistakable: genuine, living voters were removed arbitrarily under SIR”,the congress alleged.

The party stated that SIR was supposed to identify and remove illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. But in the entire dataset released by the ECI, not even one illegal immigrant was found,the party alleged.

“What actually happened was a wholesale purge in the name of SIR to remove poor and vulnerable voters who were suffering under the NDA. After striking them off the rolls, they prevented whoever was left from voting and then walked away with a fully stage-managed election”,the congress party said.

This is the “mother of democracy” for you,the party said.

Calling the Bihar vote theft a threat to democracy, Congress said:“If we do not realise the game plan now, BJP will quietly remove each one of us from the list, add dummy Brazilians in our place, cast votes on their behalf and keep winning elections forever.

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