LoP in the Bihar Assembly and RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav. File
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday (August 7, 2025) said that he has not received any notice from the Election Commission over two EPIC card episodes.
The former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister also claimed that “a good reply” was being drafted for the notice, sent last week, which would “leave them with nothing to say”.
“They are trying to fault me for their own mistake. Whose lapse is it if two EPIC numbers have been issued in my name? After all, I have been casting my vote from only one place,” Mr. Yadav added.
His statement has come following a reminder notice sent by the Electoral Registration Officer ( ERO) of the Digha Assembly seat.
ERO in the reminder notice had asked him to provide the EPIC card, which he had shown during a press conference on August 2, claiming that his name was missing from the draft rolls published after the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ended. ERO has asked Mr. Yadav to hand over the EPIC card by August 8, 2025.
Soon after his claim, the ECI had said that Mr. Yadav was making “baseless” claims and furnished the extract of the draft roll where his name was present.
Claiming that many other well-heeled persons, including senior bureaucrats, had their names struck off in the draft rolls published as part of the Special Intensive Revision, Mr. Yadav had cast serious doubts on the efficacy of the mammoth exercise which, he has been alleging, was “an attempt to help the ruling BJP-led NDA in the upcoming Assembly elections in the State”.
(With inputs from PTI)
Published – August 07, 2025 04:43 pm IST
