Addressing a gathering in Bihar's Muzaffarpur in his mother tongue Tamil, Stalin said Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav came together to “save democracy.”
Stalin, himself in 2017, said the northern states had failed to create adequate opportunities for their youth, forcing them to migrate in large numbers to states such as Tamil Nadu for manual labour.
Pointing to the deletion of 65 lakh voters from the electoral roll, the DMK alleged that “lakhs of people with an anti-BJP mindset were removed from the rolls in Bihar.” In a statement last month, Stalin had criticised the SIR, saying it was “tilting the balance in favour of the BJP.”
The cabinet of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar approved a new scheme, 'Mukhya Mantri Divyangjan Udyami Yojana', in this regard.
Yadav asked the Modi government to discuss Bihar's development. He said that they (BJP) never discuss on how to develop Bihar.
The remaining seats are expected to go to Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), says report.
Rahul Gandhi was addressing a rally in Katihar district of Bihar late in the evening, as part of the state-wide 'Voter Adhikar Yatra'
The minister has accused the opposition of being irresponsible and misleading the people on poll roll revision
During his Bihar visit, PM Modi inaugurated six projects and laid the foundation stone for eight others worth approximately Rs 13,000 crore.
The sight was reminiscent of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which passed through Bihar last year, barely a month before the Lok Sabha polls.
Documents required from elector in SIR are 11 compared to 7 considered in summary revision of electoral roll, shows it is voter friendly, says top court bench.
Sharing a fictional video on X, the Congress clip showed how two people collude with the poll panel officers to cast a vote in another's name.
The matter was mentioned before a Bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and NK Singh by Advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
The JD(U) said Chirag Paswan was free to quit the NDA and join the alliance of "tainted people" in Bihar if he was so uncomfortable.
The Lok Sabha MP from Banka had claimed that there were several bureaucratic troubles that the people were facing in arranging for the documents for SIR.
RJD's Tejashwi Yadav said that his party was open to discussing with INDIA bloc partners the possibility of boycotting Bihar elections over alleged discrepancies in the SIR process.
The JMM had given the RJD six seats to contest and also offered a ministerial berth to its alliance partner in Jharkhand. The JMM now wants the same respect be accorded to it.
In a post on X, the Wayanad MP further alleged that the revision process was being used as a tool to disenfranchise voters
Seat-sharing talks are yet to officially kick off in Bihar where Assembly polls are due later this year.
According to the survey, 47.5% of the respondents said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was their favourite leader at the national level, 40.3% said Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and about 12% named other politicians.
The RJD has cited the necessity to accommodate allies such as Mukesh Sahni and Pashupati Paras as well the Left parties' demand for a higher number of seats than they contested in 2020.
The announcement comes at a significant time as the state is expected to hold the assembly polls, most likely in October or November. However, the Election Commission is yet to issue a proper dates.
Tej Pratap Yadav's renewed presence in the constituency has added to the speculation that he may contest from Mahua, a seat denied to him by the RJD in the last Assembly elections.
BSP chief Mayawati dismissed Nitish Kumar's recent job-related promises as mere "rhetoric and electoral deception".
While BJP still has the highest number of Booth Level Agents, the Opposition has stolen the march in registering more workers as BLAs.
