Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Bihar electoral contest usually sees campaigning on ground issues like poverty, caste, employment, development, and women among others. But this time, it was the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the voter roll that changed entire narrative. The opposition went guns blazing against the exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The ruling regime, on the other hand, targeted the opposition for raising serious accusations against a constitutional body.
It led to a massive ‘voter adhikar rally’ by the RJD, Congress-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, with top leaders like Tejashwi Yadav, Rahul Gandhi accusing the ECI of “vote theft”. From development to “vote chori”, the SIR exercise turned the entire political game in the state around it.
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