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A massive political controversy has erupted in Bihar following the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's voter rolls-a move that has drawn sharp criticism from opposition parties and is now under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court.
The SIR, the first of its kind in Bihar since the adoption of computerized electoral rolls in 2003, aims to clean the voter lists of ineligible entries, including duplicates and non-citizens. According to the ECI, this exercise is mandated under Article 326 of the Constitution and the Representat...