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Bihar: BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal on Sunday criticised RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav following his remarks over the claims that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists for Bihar elections revealed names of people from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar.
Calling Yadav uneducated and irresponsible, Jaiswal urged him to apologise, express regret, and take an oath not to speak beyond what he is taught at home.
Speaking to the media, BJP leader Jaiswal said, “Only Tejashwi Yadav can make such comments about media personnel or any human being in general. The problem with Tejashwi Yadav is that he is not educated, which is why the people at his home make him memorise whatever they want, and he just repeats it. But if someone asks him a question outside of that, he will create this kind of mess.”
He further demanded that the RJD leader offer a public apology. “Tejashwi Yadav should publicly apologise, express regret, and take an oath that he will not say anything beyond what he is taught at home,” he said.
The BJP leader’s remarks come after Tejashwi Yadav strongly rejected claims that the EC’s SIR exercise had revealed the presence of names from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar on the Bihar voter lists.
“Who are these sources? These are the same sources that said that Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore have been captured. ‘Ye sootra ko hum mootra samajhte hai’ (We consider these sources to be nonsense),” Yadav said.
Yadav emphasised that SIR was last conducted in 2003 under the UPA government, and since then, multiple elections have taken place, including in 2014, 2019, and 2024, where the opposition lost by a margin of three to four lakhs. He questioned whether this implies that foreigners voted for Prime Minister Modi.
“SIR was conducted for the last time in 2003 under the UPA government. Since then, we have seen many elections, including the ones in 2014, 2019, and 2024. In those elections, we lost by three to four lakhs. Does that mean all these foreigners voted for PM Modi?” he added.
Yadav alleged that the NDA is responsible for any dubious elements’ names getting added to the voter lists, implying that their electoral victories might be tainted by fraud.
He accused the Election Commission of working as a cell of a political party, calling the SIR process a “complete eyewash”.
“This means that the NDA are at fault for any dubious elements’ names getting added to the voter lists… That means all the elections they have won have been a fraud… SIR is a complete eyewash. The EC is working as a cell of a political party…,” said the RJD leader.
