Bihar

Electoral roll revision sparks widespread social anxieties

The Special Intensive Revision of the voters list across 12 Indian states could potentially lead to sharpening of the communal divide.

Is India Election Commission Protecting Democracy – Or Undermining It?

Allegations of bias and opacity raise doubts about the Election Commission’s neutrality in India’s democracy.

What Happens Next in Bihar

Elections to the Bihar Assembly saw an extraordinary 70% voter turnout, higher than previous low turnouts.

Vote theft vs illegal immigration in Bihar poll contest

Bihar’s underprivileged voters seem to be buying the Opposition’s narrative that the special intensive electoral roll revision (SIR) infringes on their democratic rights

Democracy denied: Systematic voter exclusion moves eastward to Bengal

The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar has been contentious. It will be even more so in West Bengal, given the ongoing labelling of Bengali migrant workers as Bangladeshis

Bihar yearning for change but the election is wide open

The Bharatiya Janata Party has successfully positioned itself as the chief custodian of Indian nationalism, but that is unlikely to help it electorally in Bihar

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister

In less than 24 hours after resigning from the CM’s […]

Bihar Liquor Ban: Prohibition to Repression

That is the unhappy progression of the Bihar Liquor Policy, with the new provisions being sought to be added by the zealous Mahagathbandhan

Bihar’s thwack in the face of the BJP

The state is not as communally polarised as neighbouring UP and Bihari sub-nationalism had a stronger pull than religious issues in the polls

Bihar: Poll Heist that Failed

What did the pollsters expect by creating a phantasmagoria of a BJP win?