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Rahul Gandhi Launches Voter Adhikar Yatra as ECI Schedules Press Briefing

The 16-day march confronts alleged mass deletions from Bihar’s rolls as the poll authority prepares to defend its revision process under judicial transparency orders.

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) will hold a press conference on August 17.
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Overview

  • Rahul Gandhi began the Voter Adhikar Yatra from Sasaram on August 17 to protest the Special Intensive Revision that omitted about 6.5 million names from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls.
  • The Election Commission will hold a 3 pm press conference in New Delhi to address opposition allegations of ‘vote theft’ and explain the legal basis of its intensive revision exercise.
  • The poll body has asked Rahul Gandhi to provide specific names and sworn affidavits to back his claims of systematic voter manipulation.
  • A Supreme Court interim order requires the ECI to publish an online, searchable list of all omitted names along with reasons for their exclusion to boost transparency.
  • Despite mass mobilisation and judicial oversight, the dispute remains unresolved as political campaigning and legal directives continue in parallel.