Bihar 2025 - The Right to Vote, but Not to Question? The Bihar Election Circus: Dates Announced, Questions Buried.

The bugle for the Bihar election circus has been sounded, but what about the results of the grand 'SIR' exercise that was meant to precede it? As officials in Delhi deliver jargon-filled speeches and dodge questions about infiltrators, the real concerns of Bihar's people—floods, jobs, and schools—are once again ignored. This article delves into the special hypocrisy of an election where the voter is worthy enough to vote, but not worthy enough to receive a straight answer.

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So, there you have it—the bugle for the Bihar election circus has been sounded. Our Chief Election Commissioner, with his stiff collar and imposing style, held a grand court in Delhi to announce the dates. You know the scene: flashing cameras, journalists nodding at every word, and an officer, intoxicated with his own power, bestowing the "gift" of an election schedule upon the nation.

Before getting to the main point, the election dates for Bihar, he delivered a long, rambling, and incoherent speech on something called SIR. I have no idea what it means, and I can bet that the millions of people in Bihar whose fate is supposedly tied to it don't know either. It was surely a masterpiece of bureaucratic jargon, the kind that puts you to sleep. He must have been very pleased with himself for having made such a fine display of his machinery's power.

But the real fun began when a "stubborn" journalist asked a simple question: "Sir, what happened to the infiltrators?" This question fell like a stone into the calm pond of official rhetoric. After all, wasn't this entire grand and expensive SIR exercise meant to remove them? Suddenly, the verbose Commissioner fell silent. The flowing spring of rhetoric dried up. He dodged the question like an expert politician avoiding someone asking to repay a loan. And word is that the same drama was repeated in Patna.

One is forced to ask, what is the point of such a massive audit if you don't intend to reveal its results? It is like a doctor, after performing an expensive surgery, refusing to tell the anxious family whether the patient is alive or dead. This is a first-rate joke and an insult to people's intelligence.

And what about the poor Bihari voter? He is more worried about the next flood, a ruined crop, whether his son will find work in Surat or Mumbai, or if the village school will ever get a decent teacher. But the people sitting in the air-conditioned offices of Delhi and Patna want him to worry about "infiltrators." You see, an enemy always comes in handy. It distracts people from their empty stomachs and empty pockets. The voter is handed a date to cast his vote. He is considered worthy enough to vote, but not worthy enough to receive a straight answer to a straight question.

This whole affair reeks of the special hypocrisy that has seeped into the very veins of our politics. The election will come and go. People will vote based on old loyalties to caste and religion, or perhaps on the price of onions and oil. A government will be formed, new ministers will take their oaths, and garlands will be exchanged. And that question about infiltrators, which was the reason for this whole drama, will be conveniently buried under a pile of hollow slogans and even fresher lies.

So, let the show begin. I will watch it from my armchair while reading the morning newspaper, observing this grand drama. The speeches will be loud, the promises will be grand, and the outcome will be as predictable as the monsoon rains. If anything truly changes, it will only be the faces on the posters, while the people's questions are left to gather dust. With malice toward all.

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