New Delhi: Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Monday alleged the Election Commission had not done justice to the Bihar electorate as it deleted from the electoral rolls names of a large number of poor voters and those moving out of the state for jobs.

He claimed the EC was now conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls after admitting that “something wrong” was committed by “misusing its office”.

Shivakumar was here to present the 1.12 crore signatures collected from across Karnataka as part of the Congress’ “Vote chor, gaddi chhod” campaign.

“The Election Commission has not given justice to Bihar voters,” he claimed, alleging the votes of the poor and those migrating outside Bihar in search of jobs were deleted on a large scale d

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