The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar gave a call for Bihar Bandh on July 9 to protest the special intensive revision of electoral rolls ordered by the Election Commission of India. There was practically no effect on day-to-day life in other cities of India except Patna, where RJD, Congress, and Left leaders led a protest march. Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led the march and gave speeches. Rahul Gandhi alleged there was massive rigging in Maharashtra assembly elections held last year and plans are afoot to do the same in the forthcoming Bihar assembly polls. He said that while the number of voters in Maharashtra was inflated, in Bihar, the names of many voters will be deleted through this revision exercise.
