NEW DELHI/SASARAM: With Bihar gearing up for meeting polls, chief of opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi is all set to launch the ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ from Sasaram in Rohtas district Sunday to focus on the alleged assault on individuals’s voting rights by the particular intensive revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls and to make the battle in opposition to “vote theft” a mass motion.Rahul will probably be joined within the yatra, unfold over 16 days, by members of INDIA bloc events which can be a part of the “mahagathbandhan” in Bihar, corresponding to RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav. The yatra will culminate with a present of power at a rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Sept 1.On Saturday, Rahul on X stated, “Sixteen days, 20-plus districts, 1,300-plus kilometres. We’re coming among the many individuals with voter rights yatra. That is the correct to guard essentially the most elementary democratic proper – ‘one individual, one vote’. Be part of us in Bihar to save lots of the Structure.”Addressing a press convention in Delhi in regards to the yatra – that begins from south Bihar’s Sasaram parliamentary constituency which is seen as a Congress stronghold – occasion spokesperson Pawan Khera stated the yatra will journey throughout districts to cowl the state and there will probably be three break days – Aug 20, 25 and 31. In addition to Tejashwi, different INDIA bloc companions, which embody three Left events, may even be a part of the yatra, he stated.CPI (ML) Liberation confirmed to TOI that its basic secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, together with Karakat MP Raja Ram will probably be becoming a member of Rahul. CPM functionary Subashini Ali may even be a part of the yatra. CPI can also be a part of the INDIA bloc.Khera alleged that SIR had truly uncovered the designs of BJP to disenfranchise lakhs of voters, together with Dalits, adivasis, minorities, the poor individuals and the every day wage labourers.He stated because of the individuals of Bihar, activists, and Congress and INDIA bloc staff who raised their voice in opposition to SIR, the Election Fee has been pressured to do the course correction. Khera stated, it was solely after Supreme Court docket’s intervention that the EC was compelled to handle the issues of the widespread individuals and voters.Khera stated the goal of the Yatra was to make sure consciousness and application among the many individuals in order that the Modi govt doesn’t proceed with its conspiracy to disclaim voting rights to the individuals of Bihar.