Dead Voters and Democracy’s Farce in Bihar’s SIR

Dead Voters and Democracy’s Farce in Bihar’s SIR

Errors in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision—from phantom voters to fake addresses—spark nationwide outrage and calls for electoral accountability.

Bihar Election: Accusations of Electoral Malpractice and Infiltration Set the Stage

The Bihar election landscape is shaping up, with the key issues already taking center stage despite the lack of an official election schedule. The India coalition, composed of the Congress and RJD, has leveled accusations of vote theft against the Election Commission and the BJP, focusing on alleged irregularities within the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists and the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP, in turn, has responded by accusing t…

Why Gandhi and Ambedkar’s reflections on voters’ list is critical in times of electoral purge

The Election Commission’s intensive revision exercise in Bihar diverges from Ambedkar and Gandhi’s articulate imaginations of mass enfranchisement.