India, Aug. 4 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday asked Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav to "hand over for investigation" a voter ID card that he claimed to be in possession of despite having been "not issued officially", in a development that came a day after the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly claimed that his voter ID card was not available in the new draft electoral roll.

Meanwhile, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lashed out at Yadav, alleging that the RJD leader had two EPIC (Election Photo Identity Card) numbers and two Voter IDs, and termed his accusation against EC a "conspiracy to defame India."

Addressing a press conference in Patna on Saturday, Yadav demonstrated an online search, with...