SC remark on Bihar voter listing ‘befitting reply’: BJP hits again at opposition

The BJP on Friday stated the Supreme Courtroom’s remark on the continued Particular Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar was a “befitting reply” to the opposition events and demanded a “public apology” from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav for opposing the train.

It accused the Congress of adopting “double requirements” on the problem, saying the principle opposition occasion, which strongly opposed a proposal to hyperlink Aadhaar to voter IDs earlier, contending that individuals’s citizenship can’t be decided on the idea of it, is now favouring it.

The highest courtroom on Thursday allowed the Election Fee of India to proceed with its particular intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, calling it a “constitutional mandate”. It additionally requested the ballot panel to contemplate Aadhaar, Voter ID and ration playing cards as legitimate paperwork throughout the train.

Congress common secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, stated following the apex courtroom’s order, the Election Fee now has to incorporate the EPIC, Aadhar playing cards, and Ration Playing cards within the Particular Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar.

“This may save a overwhelming majority of voters from being disenfranchised,” he stated in a put up on X.

Requested for a touch upon the Congress favouring linking of Aadhaar to Voter IDs, BJP MP and nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra informed PTI Movies, “That is referred to as double requirements.” Calling the Congress’ stand a “U-turn”, he stated the principle opposition occasion had earlier strongly opposed linking Aadhaar to Voter IDs whereas a few of its leaders had even approached the Supreme Courtroom within the matter, contending that citizenship can’t be determined based mostly on Aadhaar.

Patra stated that the Congress is right now asking to find out citizenship based mostly on Aadhaar, taking an about-turn on the problem, as a result of it is aware of “very nicely” that it’s going to undergo defeat within the upcoming elections.

One other BJP nationwide spokesperson, Gaurav Bhatia, stated the apex courtroom’s observations made it clear that the SIR is a course of to deliver transparency and equity in voting.

The apex courtroom has additionally made it clear that initiation of a particular drive for intensive revision of the electoral rolls comes inside the jurisdiction of the Election Fee from a constitutional viewpoint, he stated.

“The Supreme Courtroom’s remark is a befitting reply to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav,” the BJP chief informed reporters.

He demanded that Yadav and Gandhi “publicly apologise to the folks of India and Bihar”, taking cognisance of the apex courtroom’s observations.

“Will Tejashwi Yadav settle for the Supreme Courtroom’s resolution (observations) or not?’ he requested.

Bhatia requested Gandhi to elucidate why he was protesting on the streets of Patna a day earlier than the Supreme Courtroom was scheduled to listen to the matter.

“This makes it clear that these leaders haven’t any religion within the Supreme Courtroom,” he charged.

Bhatia requested each Yadav and Gandhi to “introspect” and stated, “Individuals will preserve giving a befitting reply to these events and leaders who would not have religion within the structure and constitutional establishments.” The BJP chief additionally attacked the Congress, claiming “inside tussle” within the occasion over its chief minister’s face in Karnataka, and stated, “Whereas persons are fed up with the Congress authorities within the state, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar are pleased.” The folks need good governance in Karnataka, however these two leaders solely need to take pleasure in energy, he alleged.

“The folks of Karnataka are asking right now, who will deal with them? One chief desires to proceed holding the chair (of chief minister), whereas the opposite chief desires to get it (from him),” he stated in an obvious reference to Siddaramiah and Shivakumar. “The sort of soiled politics that the Congress occasion is doing in Karnataka, the folks of the state are struggling. That is very unlucky,” he added.