On October 28, the Congress party raised concern about the deployment of Indian Administrative Service officials from Gujarat as observers in the upcoming Bihar elections.

“Be warned people of Bihar!” it tweeted . “Vote chors have sent their men to you” – a reference from the party’s campaign accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of “vote chori” or stealing elections through malpractices.

A total of 243 IAS officers from across India have been sent to Bihar to monitor elections as general observers – one for each assembly constituency. Fourteen of them are from Gujarat.

The number may appear small but it is disproportionate to the state’s share of India’s total IAS officers currently in service. Put simply, Gujarat has 255 IAS officers but it has sent more observers to Bihar th

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