Bihar SIR Row Protest: Congress MPs Wear ‘124 Not Out’ T-Shirts over Voter Fraud Allegations
Opposition MPs allege voter list manipulation during Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, highlighting a clerical error listing Minta Devi as 124 years old as evidence of irregularities.
- On August 12, 2025, several INDIA bloc MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, wore t-shirts featuring Minta Devi during a protest against alleged voter theft linked to Bihar's SIR exercise.
- Following the draft electoral roll in Bihar, officials found that Minta Devi, a first-time voter from Siwan district, listed her birth year as 1900 due to a clerical error in her Form-6 registration.
- Protesters wore T-shirts bearing Minta Devi's photo and '124 Not Out', accusing the EC of colluding with the BJP in alleged 'vote chori'.
- On Monday, proceedings were disrupted when Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other MPs were detained during a march, causing repeated adjournments in Parliament.
- The list remains open for claims until September 1, 2025, and Opposition MPs warn ahead of Bihar assembly elections later this year that the SIR dispute could disenfranchise voters.
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‘EC made me a grandma’: Bihar electoral roll error lists 35 year old first time voter Minta Devi as 124 - The Tribune
Social media was left abuzz with users raising doubts over two centenarians, both women, figuring in the voters’ list for another Assembly constituency.
The tale of Minta Devi, the ‘124-year-old’ who has become the face of opposition’s protest at Parliament
Several Opposition MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, protested the alleged ‘voter theft’ linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar at the Parliament complex on Tuesday. What caught the eye was that the leaders wore white T-shirts bearing the face of Minta Devi, a 35-year-old woman listed as a 124-year-old in the draft voter roll
Minta Devi and her family say that no Booth Level Officer (BLO) or Election Commission employee came to their house during the SIR process. Minta's father-in-law Tej Pratap Singh also said that no official came to their village for revision of voter list.
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