Overview

• On July 13, Mukhiya Vinay Kumar Sah and his supporters expelled Tushar Gandhi from a community hall in Turkauliya village during his Parivartan Yatra The Indian National Congress alleges the eviction was ordered by the RSS and the ruling NDA government to weaken nonviolent protests against the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls
• Gandhi’s Parivartan Yatra continues after the incident, focused on challenging alleged electoral manipulation and defending the public mandate in Bihar
• Opposition leaders, including Tejashwi Yadav and Bihar Congress officials, condemned the incident as an affront to Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and pledged to sustain peaceful resistance
• The confrontation at a site linked to Gandhi’s 1917 Champaran movement underscores competing claims on his legacy and heightened political mobilization before the state polls