EC to brief media tomorrow after Bihar SIR completion

August 16, 2025

New Delhi: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday shared that they are going to brief the media tomorrow at National Media Centre, Raisina Road, New Delhi about the Bihar SIR, which witnessed protests from several political parties.

According to the statement issued by the ECI, “The Election Commission of India shall be holding a Press Conference at 3:00 PM tomorrow, i.e. Sunday, August 17, 2025, at National Media Centre, Raisina Road, New Delhi,” the ECI stated.

Notably, this will be the first press conference conducted by the constitutional body following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar.

Pertinent to mention, the press conference comes ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s planned ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ before the Bihar assembly elections, which he is undertaking in protest against the SIR exercise. Gandhi has urged people to “join this people’s movement.”

This will also be the first press conference since opposition leaders raised allegations of “vote theft” during the SIR exercise in Bihar and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi in a press conference on August 1 had levelled serious allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of direct involvement in large-scale voter fraud with the Congress having “open-and-shut proof” of the alleged theft.

Talking to reporters on the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the Congress leader alleged that the motive behind the voter fraud was to benefit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Rahul Gandhi said, “Votes are being stolen. We have open-and-shut proof that the Election Commission is involved in this vote theft. And I’m not saying this lightly, I’m speaking with 100% proof. And when we release it (proof), the entire country will come to know that the Election Commission is enabling vote theft. And who are they doing it for? They’re doing it for the BJP.

The Lok Sabha LoP later on August 7 held a press conference in which he presented Congress’ research on voting in the Mahadevapura Assembly in Karnataka, Gandhi alleged “vote chori” (vote theft) of 1,00,250 votes.

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