“There is full clarity in the INDIA bloc as to who would be the CM if the coalition wins power. On the other hand, there is full clarity in the NDA that (CM) Nitish Kumar is, for the moment, being presented as its face, but a game is being played behind the scenes,” Bhattacharya claimed.Kumar heads the JD(U), which has less than 50 MLAs in the 243-strong assembly.The BJP, which is numerically superior, is yet to have its own chief minister in the state.Bhattacharya, who is also one of the petitioners challenging the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, demanded that the Election Commission “extend the August 31 deadline” for filing claims and objections with regard to wrongful deletion of names in the draft rolls.”A large number of people whose names have been deleted happen to be migrant workers. They must get more time. Also, the EC has been dragging its feet on approving more than 1,000 booth-level agents nominated by us. It must act quickly,” he said.”For long, the EC had been maintaining that it received no claims from political parties. Today, it has conceded that 10 objections have been received, all from CPI(ML) Liberation.We will continue doing our bit, but wonder what the BJP’s celebrated machinery has been doing.Does the party have no sympathy for all those whose names have been dropped?” asked Bhattacharya.Meanwhile, in a related development, Tejashwi Yadav came out with a video in which he has appealed to the RJD rank and file to help the people “whose names may have gotten deleted because of EC’s dishonesty or who want to get enrolled as voters for the first time”.”Only a few days are left for the yatra to conclude. Our workers should devote themselves completely to the task. There will be plenty of time for the work,” added Yadav.
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