bihar assembly elections

Whenever the Congress party needs leadership, Rahul Gandhi secretly goes abroad. In 2021, when the Congress was in crisis due to the resignation of Amarinder Singh in Punjab, the Gandhi family was holidaying in Shimla.

OpIndia’s ground report found locals rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s yatra, stressing the importance of Bihar’s SIR process and voicing concern over infiltrators’ dominance.

Rajdeep Sardesai asserted that the SIR program must be executed meticulously but the EC is carrying it out in a rushed manner.

The Election Commission confirmed all 941 objections in the Bihar SIR voter list revision came from individuals. Political parties, including Congress and RJD, did not file a single claim despite their large field presence.

The Election Commission has flagged major issues in Bihar's voter list, identifying 18 lakh deceased voters, 26 lakh who have shifted, and 7 lakh duplicates. The move has triggered political backlash, with the Opposition calling it an attempt to remove genuine voters.

The Election Commission been proactive in ensuring that no voter is left out. Special camps have been set up in 5,683 wards of 261 urban local bodies (ULB) of Bihar.

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the timing of the Election Commission's special revision of the Bihar voter list ahead of elections. It asked why the process wasn’t done earlier and whether voter ID and Aadhaar are being wrongly rejected.

As Bihar elections approach, the familiar nexus of ADR, Soros-linked networks, activist-lawyers, and the Mahagathbandhan are busy orchestrating a manufactured crisis and weaponising disinformation to delegitimise India’s electoral institutions.