Dehradun, July 10 -- The protest against the Election Commission's ongoing Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar undertaken by the coalition of opposition parties on Wednesday, comprising mostly the RJD and Congress, is being termed by observers as a 'preparation for defeat in the coming assembly election'. This follows upon a similar situation in Maharashtra, where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in particular, blamed 'inflated' electoral rolls for the Maha Vikas Aghadi's rout. He had sought explanations from the ECI on the pattern of voting and the rise in voters' numbers.
Now, while the Election Commission is undertaking the exact revision he had sought earlier, he is concerned about the possible removal of fake voters' names from the list...