RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav Claims Name Missing From Voter List; Patna Administration Refutes With EPIC Details

Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday created a flutter in political circles when he claimed that his name had been erased from the draft voter list even as Patna district administration refuted his allegation by coming out with a proof.   

The draft voter list was released by the Election Commission on Friday.  

Tejashwi told newspersons that he had filled the enumeration form during the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar. “How will I contest the upcoming assembly elections?” he asked.

He alleged that no data was found after searching his name through EPIC number. The booth level officer (BLO) concerned had personally collected his filled-in form, yet his name was not in the list. 

"EC used to mention how many people have shifted to other places, how many people are deceased, and how many people have duplicate names, but in the draft voter list provided to us by it, they have cleverly not given the address of any voter, no booth number, and no EPIC number, so that we cannot find whose names have been deleted from the voter list,” he added. He said that the EC did not provide reasons for the deletion of names from the voter list, calling it ‘Godi Commission’.

Meanwhile, Patna district magistrate cum district election officer Dr Thiyagarajan SM said on 'X', "It has been learned from some news sources that the name of the  leader of the opposition, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, is not included in the draft voter list for the special intensive revision. In this regard, an investigation was conducted by the district administration, Patna. It has been clarified that the name of the  leader of the opposition is registered in the draft voter list."

"Currently, his name is listed at polling station number 204, the library building of Bihar Animal Sciences University, with serial number 416. Previously, his name was recorded at the library building of Bihar Animal Sciences University, polling station number 171, with serial number 481," he added. 

Meanwhile, JD (U) leader Neeraj Kumar by showing the name of Tejashwi on the draft voter list said that the "political fraud had been caught in the magistrate checking."