T he campaigning for the Bihar elections is in full swing . And with all the drama, politics, and histrionics surrounding elections in India, we have new topics that the O pposition gets excited about every week. The current brouhaha centres around SIR —t he Special Intensive Revision of the Electoral Rolls — the seco nd phase of which is expected to be kicked off in a number of states by the Election Commission of India.

Under SIR, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal are expected to undergo scrutiny and revision. Out of these 12 states and Union Territories , four are expected to go to the polls next year, and a misleading n

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