Against the backdrop of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi set off on his “Voter Adhikar Yatra” from Sasaram on August 17. In a whirlwind campaign covering 1,300 km across 20 districts and culminating in a massive rally at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on September 1, Gandhi, often joined by RJD chief and Mahagathbandhan’s CM face Tejashwi Yadav, accused the ruling party of “vote chori (theft)”.

The yatra drew huge crowds and, buoyed by the turnout, the Congress demanded a greater share of seats within the Mahagathbandhan, one of the reasons that delayed the alliance’s seat-sharing deal. Yet, on the ground in north Bihar, parts of which the yatra passed through in its last week, “vote chori” appears to have failed to strike a chord. In f

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