MP, legislator get EC notice over dual IDs
PATNA, Aug. 15 -- Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP from Bihar's Vaishali Veena Devi and her husband Dinesh Prasad Singh, a Janata Dal (United) MLC, were served notices by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), Vaishali, for allegedly possessing two voter ID cards each.
The notice was served hours after leader of the Opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav made allegations that the two top politicians, whose parties are constituents of the ruling NDA, had flouted the election rules by having dual EPIC cards.
Both Veena Devi and Dinesh Prasad Singh have been asked to give a reply to the notices by August 16 till 5 pm, as per the notices issued by the ERO, Muzaffarpur.
Yadav shared purported screenshots of draft electoral rolls published following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), claiming that both the NDA MP and MLC have two voter identity cards for the same constituency. The development created a flutter in the political circles ahead of upcoming elections.
"Is it not a case of fraud, manipulation, and collusion by the Election Commission to ensure a victory for BJP-NDA?" Yadav asked.
In a post on X, Yadav claimed to be exposing the "voter fraud" in Bihar and alleged that the JDU MLC is considered close to chief minister Nitish Kumar and possesses two Elector Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers.
Speaking to reporters, Veena Devi claimed, "I don't know how my name has appeared in the electoral rolls of the Muzaffarpur assembly seat. I am a registered voter of the Sahebganj assembly seat only. I came to know about it through the press." Asserting that the anomaly took place due to irregularities committed by the election officials, she said that she has submitted a form asking for deletion of her name from the rolls in Muzaffarpur.
"Let Tejashwi Yadav say whatever he wants... Since he is in the Opposition, he will say all such things against the leaders of the ruling parties," she said....
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