Sitamarhi (Bihar) [India], August 28 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Kumar Jha on Thursday stated that the ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’, which had started as a result of outrage against the collusion between the Election Commission (EC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had now transformed into a people’s movement.
“The entire country and the whole world are seeing the reaction. We ourselves had no idea that the Voter Rights March, which began out of outrage against the collusion between the Election Commission and the BJP, would reach this point… The vote is the biggest fundamental right. If your vote is not secure, you are not secure, your present is not secure, and your future is not secure. In such a situation, the very foundation of democracy is destroyed… Every single person and every single citizen has changed the atmosphere,” Jha told ANI.
Earlier in the day, party leader Sanjay Yadav termed the Yatra as a protest, a challenge and a revolution aimed at the protection of democracy.
He mentioned that the Mahagathbandhan is getting an unprecedented response, and the people in Bihar are demanding their rights. Yadav noted that the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ has now turned into ‘Voter Ashirwad Yatra’, the people have made sure that a change in the state is inevitable.
“We are getting unprecedented response. This is a protest, a challenge, a revolution to protect our democracy and constitution. People of Bihar are demanding their rights. The government tried to snatch away people’s most powerful weapon, the vote. But now, the people of Bihar have made up their mind. This ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ has now turned into ‘Voter Ashirwad Yatra’. People have made sure that change is inevitable,” Sanjay Yadav told ANI.
The 16-day ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar, involving Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, aims to raise awareness about alleged irregularities in the voter list, which opposition leaders have termed a case of ‘vote chori’ (vote theft).
Covering over 1,300 km across 20 districts, the yatra is scheduled to conclude in Patna on September 1. (ANI)
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