"Attempt to deprive dalits, tribals, Muslims of voting rights": Congress MP on Bihar voter list row

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Congress MP Saptagiri Shankar Ulka on Tuesday alleged that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar by the Election Commission (EC) is an attempt to disenfranchise the poor, Dalits, tribals, and Muslims.
Speaking to ANI outside the Parliament, Ulka said, "...We feel that this is an attempt to deprive the poor, Dalits, tribals and Muslims of their voting rights. The 'vote chori' attempt to steal in Maharashtra and Haryana is also happening in Bihar. We want this to be discussed in the House, which is why we are repeatedly bringing adjournment motions..."
Earlier in the day, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the ongoing SIR process was evidence that the BJP was preparing "something big to commit dishonesty on a large scale" ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.
"To win every election, BJP devises a new strategy. Eight crore votes will be done and in one to one-and-a-half months, you will create a new voter list..." Yadav said while speaking to ANI. "In Uttar Pradesh, during the recent by-elections, the police stopped voters with guns. I say with certainty that in Kundarki, if you check the CCTV, you will find the police casting votes. In Ayodhya, these people lost, so it was necessary to defeat Milkipur."
Yadav also alleged that the BJP uses machines at polling booths that can generate voter ID and Aadhaar cards.
"The Lok Sabha elections were contested recently, and whatever more or less votes are there... There is a different way. But you are making a new voter list. This means BJP has prepared something big to commit dishonesty on a large scale. I don't know what kind of machine these BJP people bring to the booths. It can make voter ID cards and Aadhaar cards. So they can make voter ID cards, aadhar cards, and now they are making a new voter list as well," he said.
Commenting on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, the SP leader said, "Somebody resigned in this temple of democracy. Nobody is asking about health also, and if BJP is not enquiring about health, some there is something wrong."
Meanwhile, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha faced major disruptions on the second day of the Monsoon Session, with Opposition members protesting the voter list revision exercise in Bihar. (ANI)