Updated On: 22 July, 2025 03:52 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the government of "murdering democracy" over the Election Commission's ongoing voter list review (SIR) in Bihar, ahead of assembly elections. The INDIA bloc is protesting, claiming voting rights are being unfairly removed

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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being undertaken by the Election Commission (EC) in Bihar, ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. She accused the government of "murdering democracy," reported news agency ANI.
"They are murdering democracy. We have been protesting against it, and this is wrong," Gandhi told ANI.
This development comes amidst protests by the INDIA bloc and its leaders on Parliament premises against the electoral rolls revision exercise. Opposition leaders have alleged that the voting rights of people are being unjustly taken away.