PATNA, July 7 -- Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha and prominent Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be in Patna on Wednesday to add strength to Bihar bandh called by the Opposition parties, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and the Left constituents, against the Election Commission of India's (ECI) ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.

Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, or the Grand Alliance as it is known in Bihar, have given a call for state-wide protests, alleging the SIR's stringent documentation requirements and tight July 25 deadline that risk disenfranchising millions, particularly marginalised communities like Muslims, Dalits and migrant w...