New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday made fun of protests to demonstrate a banner in Hindi during a protest inside the Parliament complex with ‘Loktant’ (democracy) incore spelling.In a social media post, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya highlighted the error saying, “This is democratic, not Loktant.”BJP spokesperson Shahzad Poonwalla said, “They cannot blame the Congress nor can neither save Lochetra nor do they believe in the Pivor Tantra and Emergency! Surely they can do magic and save it.”Jib came as opposition MPs, including Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, staged a demonstration in Parliament’s Makar Dwarf of Parliament on the issue of special intensive amendment (SIR) of the poll-bound in Bihar.
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During the protest, the MPs raised slogans holding a large banner against the practice of the Election Commission, reading: “Sir: Loktant Paar war” (attack on democracy).The opposition has alleged that voter roll amendments are being misused to suppress votes and decompose some sections of the population.According to the Election Commission, 98.01% of the voters in Bihar have been covered under the head running till 23 July. Officials said the process has so far identified about 2 million deceased voters, 28 lakh persons who have migrated permanently, 7 lakh voters have enrolled in many places, 1 lakh unnatural voters, and about 1.5 million uncontrolled voters. The EC also mentioned that about 90.89% of the total 7.17 crore voter form – has been obtained and digitized.This is the first such amendment in Bihar in 22 years. The EC says that the aim of SIR is to clean the electoral rolls by removing unqualified, duplicate or non-existent entries, while all eligible citizens are involved.
