PATNA, July 25 -- The Janta Dal (U) on Thursday served a show cause notice to its party MP from Banka, Girdhari Yadav, for causing embarrassment to the party by issuing statements against Special Intensive Revision (SIR), currently underway in Bihar. Yadav on Wednesday had attacked the Election Commission over SIR, saying the exercise will raise questions on the verdict of 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Yadav said, "If the electoral roll was correct for the Lok Sabha polls, then how it can be incorrect for the Assembly polls to be held in a few months. Have I been elected on the basis of the incorrect electoral roll?" On Thursday, while talking to a Hindi news channel, Yadav again warned that it could result in large-scale voter exclusion, particularly among marginalised communities. Yadav criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for conducting the revision at a time when Bihar was reeling from a flood-like situation and farming activities were at their peak. He demanded ECI should give at least six months to conduct the process. "It is the duty of ECI to ensure that the voters didn't face any trouble. There's not much time left for elections. This SIR work should've been done six months back," he added. The JD(U), in its letter issued by Afaque Ahmed Khan, national general secretary of the party, said, "You are well aware that in exercise of its power under Article 324 of the Constitution and the Representation of People Act 1950, the honourable ECI has ordered a special intensive revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar." "You are also aware that certain opposition parties, frustrated by their electoral outcomes have been running a sustained campaign to discredit the ECI, particularly on the issue of electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the sole objective of creating public doubt for the functioning of a constitutional body," the letter said. The show cause further says, "Our party, the Janata Dal have consistently supported the ECI and the use of EVMs, both during our time in the INDIA alliance and now as part of the NDA. In this context your public comments on such a sensitive matter especially in an election year not only causes embarrassment to the party but also inadvertently lend credibility to the baseless and politically motivated allegations made by the opposition." The letter states that the "JD-U views this conduct as a lapse of discipline and not in consonance with the Janata Dal United stated position on the matter." The party has asked the MP to reply within 15 days of receipt of this notice....