INDIA bloc to hold 'Akrosh March' across Bihar on Oct 7 over SIR

The INDIA bloc will hold an 'Akrosh March' at block levels across Bihar on October 7 to protest alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Monday.

Yadav said the opposition alliance would also hold demonstrations at the district level on October 8 and march to the Governor's House in Patna the same day to submit a memorandum against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged irregularities in the voter-list revision exercise.

"INDIA bloc partners will march to the Governor's House in Patna on October 8 to submit a memorandum against the CEC and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. 'Akrosh March' will be held at block levels on October 7," Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, told reporters.

The RJD leader accused Kumar of working at the "behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah" and demanded his removal as CEC.

Yadav also alleged that the assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal were "fraudulent", claiming that lakhs of voters were deleted during the SIR exercise.

The INDIA bloc has been opposing the SIR process and raising concerns over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls in several states.

Yadav asserted that the opposition alliance would "not allow democracy to be destroyed".