Patna, Aug. 12 -- Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly Tejashwi Yadav slammed the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing it of "misusing" its status as a Constitutional institution.

Yadav, the former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister made the remarks amid the protests led by INDIA bloc leaders over the SIR in poll-bound Bihar.

"This is Bihar's misfortune. The names of many voters are being continuously removed, many people do not have documents, and there are many who live outside Bihar but vote in Bihar. This is a conspiracy by the BJP, and the BJP is getting its work done by using the Election Commission as a front... Bihar needed a special package and special state statu...