Updated On: 04 June, 2024 08:34 AM IST | Purnea (Bihar) | mid-day online correspondent
Yadav also threatened poll officials to keep the process of counting votes transparent or else, his workers are ready to do anything out of desperation to save democracy

Pappu Yadav. Pic/PTI
Independent candidate from Bihar`s Purnea, Pappu Yadav urged all workers to come to the counting centres ready with "kafan" prepared to sacrifice their lives while saving democracy on the day of the counting of votes for India General Elections 2024 on Tuesday, reported news agency ANI.
"Agar zabardasti loktantra ki maut hogi, toh Mahabharata ka sangram hoga (If democracy is killed forcefully, a fight like the Mahabharata will commence). To save democracy every worker in Purnea and Bihar should come ready to die tomorrow. Kafan bandh ke aaye (come with your shrouds). Har maathe pe kafan ho (May all of you come with shrouds over your head)," Yadav said in a press conference on Monday, reported ANI.