Election Commission issues notice to Tejaswi Yadav, says 'Voter ID you showed does not exist'
PTC News Desk: The Election Commission, which has rejected Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav's assertion that his name is missing from the draft voter list, has now asked him to submit details of the voter ID card he presented during a press conference to support his claim.
Firmly refuting his statement, the poll body stated that the EPIC number on the ID is not "officially issued." Yadav made the claim a day after the Commission released the draft electoral rolls following the highly contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Today, the Commission sent him a notice, that said: "After investigation, it was found that your name is mentioned at serial number 416 of polling station number 204 (Library Building of Bihar Animal Science University), whose EPIC number is RAB0456228. According to you, as per the quote of your press conference, your EPIC number is RAB2916120."
"According to preliminary investigation, EPIC number RAB2916120 does not appear to be officially issued. Therefore, you are requested to kindly provide the details of the mentioned EPIC card (along with the original copy of the card) mentioned by you in the press conference held on 02.08.2025 to the undersigned, so that it can be thoroughly investigated," the notice read.
Earlier, Yadav had said the Election Commission had explained the removal of 65 lakh voters with that of deaths and migration.
"But in the list provided to us by the Election Commission, they have cleverly not given the address of any voter, no booth number, and no EPIC number, so that we cannot find out whose names have been removed from the voter list," Yadav claimed.
While addressing a press conference, he attempted to verify his own details, using his EPIC (Elector's Photo Identity Card) number -- a unique alphanumeric code printed on voter IDs -- but said the information was not the Commission's online portal.
- With inputs from agencies
