The djinns are everywhere. They travel as if borders do not exist. They take over land, usurp cultures, snatch jobs. And the djinns have also filled up voter lists and ballot boxes for the parties of their political masters, or the ones who gave them fake papers and shelters.

Now that the Election Commission (EC) has started a hunt to track down the genies—starting with Bihar which goes to polls this year—their political masters are panicking. More than 35 lakh names are set to be excluded from Bihar’s electoral roll because of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process being carried out in the state.

So far, 6.6 crore or 88.18 per cent of the total voters in the state have submitted their enumeration forms. The deadline is July 25, after which the draft electoral roll will be published.

The EC has shared statistics, which show 12.5 lakh or 1.59 per cent of electors have died but their names remain on the list. Another 2.2 per cent, or 17.5 lakh electors, have permanently moved out of Bihar. Around 5.5 lakh or 0.73 per cent voters........

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