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For us, there is no ruling party or opposition, all are equal,\u201d Kumar said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged political parties to identify and flag errors in the draft voter rolls of Bihar before September 1, instead of casting aspersions on the electoral process. The CEC added that almost all political parties have been demanding corrections in voter lists for the past two decades, which led the ECI to initiate a special comprehensive revision (SIR) in Bihar.<\/p>\n<p>Warning Rahul Gandhi, Kumar said that if he fails to substantiate his allegations within seven days, his claims will be deemed baseless and he will be expected to apologise to the people of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi\u2019s allegations of \u201cvote theft\u201d in Bihar, calling them an \u201cinsult to India\u2019s Constitution.\u201d Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the poll body works with complete impartiality and treats all political parties equally. \u201cEvery political party is born out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37,21],"tags":[7991],"class_list":["post-48004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news","tag-new-delhi-the-election-commission-of-india-eci-on-monday-hit-back-at-congress-leader-rahul-gandhis-allegations-of-vote-theft-in-bihar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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