Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar assembly, recently alleged that the Election Commission has ‘changed’ his EPIC number in the draft electoral rolls published as part of Special Intensive Revision in the state.On Saturday, he demonstrated an online search, with the EPIC number, to claim that his name was missing in the draft electoral rolls published as part of special intensive revision (SIR) and, upon rebuttal from the authorities concerned, alleged that his voter ID card number was “changed.”The EC has rejected the charge, pointing out that the EPIC number remained the same as stated by Yadav in his affidavit for the 2020 assembly elections.In a related incident, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Begusarai district has been placed under suspension for an oversight which resulted in an individual’s name appearing in the draft electoral rolls twice.The incident pertains to Sahebpur Kamal assembly segment, which was in the news recently when a journalist was slapped with an FIR for running a report highlighting alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise.
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