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The illness of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc successful the Bihar Assembly elections connected Friday (November 14, 2025) prompted Opposition leaders to revive the statement connected ballot chori (theft) and the peculiar intensive revision of the electoral rolls successful the State.
Veteran Congress person and erstwhile Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was a troubleshooter for the Mahagathbandhan accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of “colluding” with the ruling confederation successful Bihar by not stopping transportation of currency benefits including ₹10,000 to women, nether Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana erstwhile the exemplary codification of behaviour (MCC) being successful force.
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Mr Gehlot claimed that pension payments and currency transfers continued unabated during the run period. “The assembly results are disappointing. It seems to maine that the payments of ₹10,000 to women were continuing adjacent erstwhile the predetermination run was on; specified a happening ne'er happens,” helium told reporters successful Jaipur.
Recalling that during the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections, the organisation of mobile phones nether a strategy and pension disbursements by his authorities were halted the infinitesimal the MCC came into force, helium alleged, “In Bihar, the Election Commission remained a mute spectator. Why did it not halt this? It did not intervene astatine all”.
“When you bash not guarantee just elections, erstwhile booth capturing oregon dishonesty takes place, and the Election Commission takes nary action, that is ballot theft. There was wide collusion with the ruling party,” Mr. Gehlot said.
His enactment workfellow and Lok Sabha subordinate from Tamil Nadu, Manickam Tagore blamed the SIR for the rout. “When you delete 65 lakh voters—mostly from the Opposition’s voters — what bash you expect connected effect day? Democracy cannot past if the playing tract is tilted earlier the lucifer adjacent begins,” Mr Tagore said successful a X station with hashtag #VoteChori.
At the clip of publishing this report, the Congress was starring successful conscionable 5 of the 61 seats it contested successful Bihar, with State Congress president Rajesh Kumar was trailing successful the Kutumba seat.
Md Qamrul Hoda was starring successful Kishanganj by 24,058 votes aft 19 rounds of counting, portion Ajeet Sharma was up successful Bhagalpur by 4,797 votes aft 15 rounds of counting, according to the Election Commission.
