Bihar election has put a full stop to vote theft allegations.
The accusation is that 6.8 million (68 lakh) voters were removed in the SIR (Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls). Opposition parties claim all of these were INDIA alliance voters.
This 6.8 million represents 10% of Bihar’s total voters.
If the Election Commission had removed genuine voters as INDIA alliance parties claim, this number should have been reflected in voter turnout.
Bihar’s average voter turnout is 60%.
If vote theft occurred, if INDIA alliance’s accusation is true, voter turnout in this election should have decreased by up to 10%.
But voter turnout has created history. 67% has been recorded.
So where are the 10% voters removed by the Election Commission?
In Bihar where an average of 60 out of 100 people vote, this time 67 people have voted. The fact that this happened even after removing 10% voters confirms that the Election Commission removed only fake and deceased voters. It becomes crystal clear that what Rahul calls vote theft and what INDIA alliance parties say is a lie.
If what I.N.D.I. alliance says is true, they must explain how voter turnout increased. Moreover, if 10% genuine voters were removed, and that too voters who were going to vote for I.N.D.I. alliance, then 67% recorded votes + 10% excluded votes would total 77%. Since such voter turnout has never happened in Bihar’s history, we can understand that Rahul’s accusation is false.
The recorded votes in Bihar election itself are witness to the fact that the Election Commission’s SIR process has been conducted very fairly and honestly.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s accusation that women’s votes were going to be removed has also been proven false in the Bihar election. 71.6% women have voted in this election, which is unprecedented.
Opposition parties must stop deceiving people by telling lies about vote theft anymore.
This is sufficient proof that the Election Commission has restored credibility in itself.
Ideaman Mahadevan is a writer and political commentator.
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