Bihar deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha has two voter ID cards: Tejashwi Yadav

The leader of Opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, claimed on Sunday that district level election officers were often not accepting objections over the Special Intensive Revision of voters' list. Even where they accepted, no acknowledgement was given, he alleged. "ECI has been saying through sources that till date no political parties have given any objections. This is completely wrong. Our workers at district level are going to submit objections but they are not being accepted by district level election officials," the RJD leader said at a press conference. "At some places where objections are accepted, no acknowledge receipt is given to the party worker."

Around 300,000 voters on the revised list are having their house numbers as zero, he claimed.

ECI earlier issued notice to Yadav, asking him to submit his voter ID card which it said was found to be fake. On Sunday, Yadav claimed that Bihar deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha has two voter IDs, one in the Bankipur assembly constituency and the second in Lakhisarai. Yadav even made a presentation showing the EPIC numbers of both IDs. "ECI was quick to issue a notice to me because I am in Opposition. I have replied to my notice. Would ECI show the same promptness to issue a similar notice to the deputy CM or this is only for Opposition leaders," he asked.


Meanwhile, Sinha released a statement saying he had applied for deletion of vote from Bankipur. "Earlier, my entire family's name was listed in Bankipur in Patna. In April 2024, I applied to add my name to the Lakhisarai assembly. I also filled out a form to have my name removed from Patna. I have proof," he said. "For some reason, my name wasn't removed, so I called the BLO and submitted a written application and took a receipt. I have both documents. My deletion form was rejected." Sinha said he votes at only one place.

On Sunday evening, ERO of Bankipur constituency issued a notice to deputy CM Sinha regarding his two voter ID cards. In the notice, the ERO sought a reply from him by August 14.