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Viral News: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a strong rebuttal to viral social media posts claiming that a dog named "Dog Babu" was issued a residence certificate under Bihar's Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Roll (SIR) drive, allegedly making it eligible to vote. The claim, amplified by multiple political figures, including Shiv Sena(UBT)'s Priyanka Chaturvedi, Congress' Supriya Shrinate, and activist Yogendra Yadav, shared what appeared to be an official residence certificate issued in the name of a dog, complete with a photo and parental details humorously listed as "Kutta Babu" and "Kuttiya Devi". The viral document triggered widespread outrage and mockery, raising questions about the integrity of the voter registration process.

However, the ECI has now issued a clarification under its #ECIFactCheck banner, labelling the document as "INCORRECT". The Commission stated: "The Vote of every citizen is important. No voter of Bihar has given such a document to the Election Commission." The rebuttal emphasised that no such residence certificate has been officially submitted or considered valid in any electoral process. The document in circulation appears to be fabricated or misused to create political controversy during the SIR campaign, aimed at cleaning and verifying voter rolls in the state. Officials from Bihar's Revenue Department, whose stamp appears on the fake certificate, also confirmed the image was doctored and had not been issued by any authorised government office.

The certificate ID number and QR code seen in the image do not correspond to any legitimate entry in the state database. The controversy erupted amid heightened political tensions, with opposition parties accusing the government of mismanaging the electoral roll update process. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several Congress leaders mocked the ECI, suggesting animals could now be enrolled as voters under the BJP-led administration.

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The post shared a few hours ago on X (Formerly Twitter) under the username '@i_adarshkashyap' was captioned, "This has to be the funniest fake certificate. Dog Babu, son of Kutta Babu & Kutiya Devi, is officially certified as a resident of Bihar. Someone really used a government template to make a dog's residence certificate. Bureaucracy gone wild or meme of the year?" The post pulled many funny reactions from social media users.

"That Dog babu is a true loyal Indian and far more useful for the country, unlike the KANGLU swines, you crooks have been flooding the country with. Every single Kanglu MUST be deported," a user wrote. "So it was for this very card that the opposition were crying. They wanted Dogesh bhai on their side," a second user added.

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"Finally, a candidate who won't beg for votes using religion," a third user wrote. "This is a residence certificate...not an election card! It doesn't give any citizenship or voting rights! Even Kangladeshi dogs that you Congis have brought in India are given a residence ID, but that doesn't give them voting rights! What are you sad about?" added a fourth user. "Bihar is not even for professionals," wrote another user. 

Disclaimer: This article has been updated after the Election Commission’s clarification on the fake resident certificate.