NEW DELHI: After the decimation in Bihar, Congress has upped the ante on "vote chori" as the issue of focus, with the brass collectively slamming SIR on Sunday as an "attempt to manipulate" voters' lists, and packing the party schedule with protests. This has put in shade the demonstrations by Congress members in Patna who are accusing election managers of bungling ticket distribution, and the general dissenting voices seeking "introspection" on the defeat. On Sunday, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi slammed the "hasty" special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the wake of growing cases of deaths of BLOs. Rahul said, "Chaos has been wrought upon the country in the name of SIR. Sixteen BLOs have lost their lives in three weeks. Heart attacks, stress,

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