It may be remembered that the election to the state Assembly last time was held in three phases and the 2024 Lok Sabha election was spread over all the seven phases in the state. The ECI may do well to be a little more consistent in its logic about the phases of elections whether it is to the Lok Sabha or the state Assemblies

xThe decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold the election to the Bihar Assembly in two phases on November 6 and 11 practically ends one part of the exercise, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters list, and the beginning of the second part, the election itself. From the looks of it, the ECI has gone by the opinion of the political parties in the state and limited the number of phases to two. It may be remembered that the election to the

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