India, Nov. 2 -- The Congress on Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhury of "altering" his age in election affidavits to "hoodwink voters and flout constitutional norms".

During a press briefing, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate brandished documents, including a 2003 Supreme Court order that pegged his birth year as 1981, making him 44 in 2025, against his latest declaration of his birth year being 1968.

Shrinate said that Chaudhary's election from Parbatta in the 2000 polls was annulled by the Supreme Court over age fraud. "The Supreme Court found that he had lied about his age, as he was not 25 when he gave his affidavit."

The Congress leader claimed that in his 2010...