"Fake votes manufactured, real votes being deleted": Congress' Rajiv Shukla levels allegations against ECI

New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Tuesday said that the names of authentic voters are being deleted from the voter list in the Special Intensive Revision exercise, which is being carried out in Bihar, adding that the government is not interested in addressing the concerns of the opposition over the issue.

Fake votes are being manufactured, and real votes are being deleted. Names of authentic voters are being deleted from the voter list. So, we had walked out of the House over the same because the Government is neither conducting a debate nor giving any assurance, Rajiv Shukla told ANI.

Earlier today, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that the opposition has created ruckus since the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament, adding that they are entitled to their right to protest, but it is crucial that they respect the need for both Houses to function smoothly.

Rijiju mentioned that opposition leaders must understand that Parliamentarians from across India are attending the session here and are waiting to raise the important matters pertaining to their Constituencies.

The Opposition parties protested yesterday. They do have the right to protest, but they do not have the right to snatch away the rights of other MPs in the House. Ever since the Parliament session began, they have been creating a ruckus. Other MPs, who have been elected from all corners of India, too, have the right to speak of the people of their constituencies, the Union Minister told reporters as the Opposition continued protests over the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar.

He also stated that the procedure for the passage of bills is being carried out, regardless of how the opposition acts in the remaining days of the session.

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge joined fellow INDIA bloc members in staging a protest in Parliament today over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue.

Several Opposition MPs arrived wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan 124 Not Out.Prominent leaders such as Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar), MP Supriya Sule, and DMK MP Kanimozhi also protested on the issue. (ANI)

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