After the drubbing in Bihar, Congress has harked back to its theme of “vote chori”, taking its cue from its leader, Rahul Gandhi, who has said the election was “not fair from the very beginning”. Once again, the party is accusing the Election Commission of partisan conduct. Indeed, the Gyanesh Kumar-led EC has invited distrust, treating the Opposition with disrespect and seemingly reading from the government’s script. This newspaper’s ground reports revealed how the EC’s conduct of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ahead of the Bihar poll morphed into a citizenship verification exercise that shifted the burden of proof on the vulnerable citizen. The SIR had to be rescued by the Supreme Court’s interventions. The CEC must also answer questions raised by........

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