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Who Gets to Vote: Bihar’s SIR

Ground reporting on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls — deleted names, “dead” voters who are alive, and brides from Nepal fearing loss of citizenship.

‘How can my vote be deleted?’

Ground reporting on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls — deleted names, “dead” voters who are alive, and brides from Nepal fearing loss of citizenship.

Stories from this Project

SIRAnalysis

‘How can my vote be deleted?’

Many Adivasi names were deleted in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) held before the recent elections, leading to intense worry and dismay.…

People’s Archive of Rural India

SIRReport

In Bihar: ‘dead’ Adivasis tell their tales

The recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar has deleted the names of many Adivasi voters, marking them as…

People’s Archive of Rural India

SIRExplainer

वोटर वेरिफिकेशन: ‘ये हमारा घर’, नेपाल से शादी कर बिहार आईं महिलाओं का क्या होगा?

Bihar Voter List 2025: बिहार में मतदाता सूची के विशेष पुनरीक्षण के बीच नेपाली मूल की महिलाओं की नागरिकता और वोटर अधिकार…

The Quint

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