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Election Commission Labels Yadav’s Press Conference Voter ID Fake

Officials set an August 16 deadline after determining his official registration appears under a separate EPIC number

Overview

  • The Election Commission and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate cum Electoral Registration Officer ruled that the voter ID Tejashwi Yadav displayed on August 2 is counterfeit and warned that forging government documents is a crime.
  • EC verification of the draft rolls located Yadav under EPIC number RAB0456228 at polling station 204 in the Library Building of Bihar Animal Science University.
  • Yadav has denied receiving any formal EC notice, questioned who issued two different EPIC numbers, and challenged the panel’s authority to demand his card without clear provenance.
  • BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra accused the RJD and Congress of submitting false information under oath and said Yadav misled both the commission and the public.
  • The dispute unfolds against the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar, during which 6.5 million entries were deleted and scrutiny of voter registration processes intensified.