Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Sunday categorically denied opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav’s accusation that he holds two separate Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers in different assembly constituencies.
Speaking to reporters, Sinha clarified that his family’s voter registrations were originally in Bankipur but were shifted to Lakhisarai earlier this year.
“Our whole family had voter IDs from Bankipur. In April 2024, I applied to add my name to the Lakhisarai constituency and remove it from Bankipur. It did not happen immediately, so I called the BLO, filled the form, and took the receiving. I have all the documents. I voted from only one place last time too — in Lakhisarai,” Sinha explained.
The Deputy CM dismissed the RJD leader’s charge as political mischief, remarking, “We don’t play these games,” before taking a jibe at Yadav as the “prince of jungle raj.”
Tejashwi Yadav had alleged that Election Commission records show Sinha registered in both Bankipur and Lakhisarai, with two different ages — 57 in one entry and 60 in another. He claimed this discrepancy appears both in the Commission’s online database and in the updated voter lists provided to district party chiefs.
“Either the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) process is fraudulent, or the Deputy CM is involved in fraud himself. People should know the truth,” Yadav said.
