NEW DELHI: The opposition incl on Tuesday protested against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar by wearing a T-shirt that had the name of a "124-year-old Minta Devi ," who was allegedly found as a registered voter in Bihar's draft voter list.
Mocking the poll body, Congress leader Pawan Khera said that his party is nominating Minta Devi for the Guinness World Record for "youngest looking oldest human in India."
"We proudly nominate Minta Devi for the Guinness World Record: THE YOUNGEST LOOKING OLDEST HUMAN in India — courtesy the several miracles of Election Commission of India," Khera wrote on X.
"Waah Modiji Waah," he added.
Minta Devi was one of the voters featured in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's presentation on the alleged voter fraud issue. The draft roll listed Minta Devi’s age as 124, which is nine years older than the world’s verified oldest person.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, TMC's Derek O'Brien, DMK's TR Baalu, NCP(SP)'s Supriya Sule, as well as other opposition MPs from DMK and Left parties, gathered near Parliament's Makar Dwar.
They held posters and raised slogans, demanding a rollback of the poll body's exercise. A banner in front of the protesting MPs read, "Our Vote. Our Right. Our Fight." Another banner carried by the protesting MPs read, "SIR - Silent Invisible Rigging."
Congress' Manickam Tagore alleged that the EC under Rajeev Kumar and Gyanesh Kumar has become a department of the BJP.
"Minta Devi is a first-time voter, and she is 124 years old. The voters list carries her name as first-time voter. We are wanting a discussion on such issues — how the EC has become a party to the BJP. The voter list is full of such fraud," he charged while participating in the protest.
The Opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the SIR, alleging that the EC's exercise is aimed at "disenfranchising voters" in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due later this year. They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses.
There has been a logjam in Parliament over the SIR in Bihar. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in the two Houses, Parliament has seen little business ever since the Monsoon Session began on July 21 due to repeated adjournments, mostly over the SIR issue.
On Monday, Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, and Pawar, took out a protest march from the Parliament House to the Election Commission office against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged "vote chori," but were stopped midway by the police and briefly detained amid high drama.
As Opposition MPs, wearing white caps with a red cross on the words 'SIR' and "vote chori," started walking from Parliament's Makar Dwar to the EC office, carrying placards and banners, they were stopped by the police by putting up barricades outside the PTI Building.
Many of the MPs sat on the road and raised slogans, while some women parliamentarians climbed the barricades. They were later whisked away by police in buses lined up along the road and taken to the Parliament Street Police Station.
Mocking the poll body, Congress leader Pawan Khera said that his party is nominating Minta Devi for the Guinness World Record for "youngest looking oldest human in India."
"We proudly nominate Minta Devi for the Guinness World Record: THE YOUNGEST LOOKING OLDEST HUMAN in India — courtesy the several miracles of Election Commission of India," Khera wrote on X.
"Waah Modiji Waah," he added.
Minta Devi was one of the voters featured in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's presentation on the alleged voter fraud issue. The draft roll listed Minta Devi’s age as 124, which is nine years older than the world’s verified oldest person.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, TMC's Derek O'Brien, DMK's TR Baalu, NCP(SP)'s Supriya Sule, as well as other opposition MPs from DMK and Left parties, gathered near Parliament's Makar Dwar.
They held posters and raised slogans, demanding a rollback of the poll body's exercise. A banner in front of the protesting MPs read, "Our Vote. Our Right. Our Fight." Another banner carried by the protesting MPs read, "SIR - Silent Invisible Rigging."
Congress' Manickam Tagore alleged that the EC under Rajeev Kumar and Gyanesh Kumar has become a department of the BJP.
"Minta Devi is a first-time voter, and she is 124 years old. The voters list carries her name as first-time voter. We are wanting a discussion on such issues — how the EC has become a party to the BJP. The voter list is full of such fraud," he charged while participating in the protest.
The Opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the SIR, alleging that the EC's exercise is aimed at "disenfranchising voters" in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due later this year. They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses.
There has been a logjam in Parliament over the SIR in Bihar. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in the two Houses, Parliament has seen little business ever since the Monsoon Session began on July 21 due to repeated adjournments, mostly over the SIR issue.
On Monday, Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, and Pawar, took out a protest march from the Parliament House to the Election Commission office against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged "vote chori," but were stopped midway by the police and briefly detained amid high drama.
As Opposition MPs, wearing white caps with a red cross on the words 'SIR' and "vote chori," started walking from Parliament's Makar Dwar to the EC office, carrying placards and banners, they were stopped by the police by putting up barricades outside the PTI Building.
Many of the MPs sat on the road and raised slogans, while some women parliamentarians climbed the barricades. They were later whisked away by police in buses lined up along the road and taken to the Parliament Street Police Station.
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