EC rejects Tejashwi Yadav’s claim that his name is missing from Bihar draft voter list

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed on Saturday that his name was missing from the Bihar draft electoral rolls released a day earlier by the Election Commission.

The poll panel refuted Yadav’s claims and described them as being “mischievous”, reported ANI.

“His name is listed at serial number 416 in the draft electoral roll,” the news agency quoted the poll panel as stating. “Therefore, any claim stating that his name is not included in the draft electoral roll is false and factually incorrect.”

During a press conference earlier in the day, Yadav, the leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, asked how he could contest the upcoming polls in Bihar if his “name is missing from the electoral rolls”.

He also displayed that entering his Election Photo Identity Card number into the poll panel’s app showed “no records found”. Yadav asked how his wife’s name could be present in the draft voter list when his was missing.

He said that a booth-level officer had visited his home and collected their details during the electoral roll revision process.

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ताज्जुब की बात है!- श्री @yadavtejashwi जी।

{EPIC- RAB2916120} pic.twitter.com/HjxS3rTwHX— Office of Tejashwi Yadav (@TejashwiOffice) August 2, 2025

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