Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be participating for a ‘chakka jam’ against the new labour code and special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.

The announcement was made at a press conference today, attended by key leaders including Leader of the Opposition in the assembly Tejashwi Yadav, state Congress president Rajesh Kumar, AICC in charge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru, and representatives from Left parties. Mr Kumar stated that Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha will join the protesters in the state capital, where a March to the Election Commission office is planned.

Tejashwi Yadav said, ‘We will be with Gandhi in Patna, but the stir will be held across Bihar. We are extending support to the chakka jam against the labour code which is as much an assault on democracy as the revision of electoral rolls.’ Yadav alleged that the special intensive revision, which will be complete in less than a month from now, has so far been plagued by ‘confusion’ and accused the Election commission of attempting to favor the ruling BJP-led NDA through this process.

The INDIA bloc parties have been vocal in their opposition to the exercise of the Special Intensive Revision, which has already started in Bihar, and is to be carried out in five more states - Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal - that are going to polls next year.