Rahul Gandhi Sets for Bihar Yatra Politics amid SIR Stir

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Rahul Gandhi’s yatra will cover 1,300 kms and conclude with a public meeting in Patna on September 1

By TRH Political Desk

NEW DELHI, August 16, 2025 —Whenever Rahul Gandhi has embarked on such a march, democracy has turned a new leaf, said Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera ahead of the leader of the Opposition setting out for Bihar Yatra ahead of the Assembly elections.

The Yatra of Gandhi will cover 1,300 kms and conclude with a public meeting in Patna on September 1. “Gandhi will begin his 16-day-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram in Bihar from Sunday, August 17. The ‘Yatra’ will cover 1300 kilometers,” added Khera.

Khera said that this ‘yatra’ will be yet another milestone in the democratic history of India. “Whenever Rahul Gandhi has embarked upon such a march, democracy has turned a new page,” he remarked. Giving details, he said, besides the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, other partners of the INDIA bloc will also be part of the ‘yatra’.

Khera noted that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) had actually exposed the “designs of the BJP to disenfranchise lakhs of voters belonging to the Dalit, Adivasi & minority communities, poor people and daily wagers.” He alleged that it was a “conspiracy to not only steal our votes, but also steal our identity.”

“Today they will snatch the underprivileged people’s right to vote, tomorrow they will refuse them the share in government schemes like free food and housing,” he warned, while saying the conspiracy was much deeper.

Khera said, thanks to the people of Bihar, activists and the Congress and the INDIA bloc workers who raised their voice against the SIR, the Election Commission was forced to do the course correction. He said, it was only after the intervention by the Supreme Court of India that the Election Commission of India was compelled to address the concerns of the common people and voters.

Khera also stated that the Election Commission becoming like one of the “train bogeys” of the so called “double engine,” is not acceptable and the Congress will not let that happen.

He said, the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ was to ensure awareness and alertness among the people so that the Modi govt does not continue with its conspiracy to deny the voting rights to the people of Bihar.

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