Tejashwi says Bihar CM’s aide, NDA MP hold multiple voter IDs, questions EC’s impartiality

Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, alleged on Thursday that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s close associate, MLC Dinesh Singh, and his wife, Veena Devi, an NDA MP from Vaishali, also have multiple voter IDs.

In a post on social media platform ‘X’, Tejashwi stated that Dinesh Singh, a long-time JD(U) legislator, possesses two different EPIC IDs — and — registered in two different Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.

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Similarly, his wife, Veena Devi, a Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP from Vaishali, also possesses two different EPIC IDs — and — issued by two different district administrations and registered in two different Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies.

In his attempt to prove large-scale irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, the RJD leader has been revealing the names of top NDA leaders who possess more than one voter ID.

Earlier, he alleged that Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha’s name is listed in two different constituencies. Later, he raised the issue of two voter IDs issued to senior BJP leader and Muzaffarpur Mayor Nirmala Devi and her two brothers-in-law.

He said that Dinesh Singh and Veena Devi’s names being registered as voters in two different Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies indicates that they must have filed two different forms during the voter list revision, or enumeration forms were filed on their behalf by the BLOs appointed by the Election Commission.

He said that the onus is on the Election Commission to prove how the two leaders got two different voter IDs.

He asked: “Did the Election Commission allow Dinesh Singh to have two voter IDs because of his closeness to the Chief Minister? Is this not a case of fraud, manipulation, and collusion by the Election Commission to ensure a victory for the BJP-led NDA?”

“Will the Election Commission accept its irregularities and mistakes in the SIR? Will the Election Commission issue notices to Dinesh Singh and Veena Devi from two different places?” he asked further.