When democracy is reduced to numbers and manipulated codes, the people become the victims. A new investigative report by The Reporters’ Collective has dropped a bombshell: the election commission (EC) allegedly refused to use its own duplicate-detection software in Bihar, allowing 1.435 million fake voters and 13.2 million dubious addresses to permeate the rolls. The implication? A systemic collusion between Narendra Modi and the ec to rig the voter list — a conspiracy that strikes at the heart of India’s constitutional promise. In this fight for truth, silence is complicity.

1️⃣ software, but Locked Away: Why Disable Your Own Tool?

The ec reportedly has a deduplication engine designed to flag “demographically similar entries” (double registrations). Yet in bihar, top ec officials say they were never permitted to deploy it. If you have the tool to catch fraud and you choose not to use it — you don’t need enemies, you invite betrayals.

2️⃣ 1.435 Million Fake Voters? The Numbers Are Staggering

According to the report, over 1,435,000 phantom voters have been injected into the bihar rolls. That’s not a margin error — it's enough to tilt results in multiple assembly segments. When democracy’s numerical scaffolding is hollow, elections become theatre.

3️⃣ 13.2 Million Fake Addresses — A Maze of Ghosts

More sinister than duplicate names is the mass use of bogus addresses. When your address itself becomes a weapon, the line between legit and fraud vanishes. After all, if you can’t find a voter’s house, how do you verify their vote?

4️⃣ 67,826 Dubious Duplicates in 15 Constituencies — Just the Tip

In one segment of their investigation, the Reporters’ Collective found 67,826 suspicious double-voters across just 15 assembly seats. That includes exact matches in name, relative names, and even addresses. If this is a microcosm, the macro is terrifying.

5️⃣ 1.88 Lakh in 39 Constituencies — Spread the Poison

Expanding the probe to 39 seats, the report uncovers 1,87,643 cases of duplicate registrations with matching names and relatives, often with ages differing by only a few years. The vote theft is not local — it’s widespread.

6️⃣ Non-Machine Readable Rolls – A Case of Secretive Obfuscation

The ec reportedly made Bihar’s draft electoral rolls non-machine-readable—a deliberate barricade against high-volume scrutiny by independent analysts. Concealment is its own confession.

7️⃣ ECI’s Claims vs Reality: “We Removed 7 Lakh Duplicates” — But Many Remain

The ec has claimed it purged 7 lakh duplicate voters as part of its “purification” drive. Yet the Reporters’ Collective finds thousands more that escaped deletion — ones that should have been among the easiest to flag. The gap between claim and execution is too wide to ignore.

8️⃣ Deleted Voters, Mysterious Deaths, Gender Bias — The Cover-Up Pattern

Another layer: 65 lakh deletions from prior rolls raised red flags. Data patterns show disproportionate removal of women, younger voters, and “deaths” that defy logic. When mass deletion is the prelude, duplication is the dagger.

9️⃣ Collusion or Incompetence? The Only Difference Is Intent

The more you patch holes, the more leaks appear. Not using anti-fraud tools, making data unreadable, ignoring obvious duplicates — these are not mistakes, they’re decisions. The line between malfeasance and malpractice vanishes when outcomes favor one side.

🔟 The Moral: Every Vote Stolen Is Democracy Wounded

This isn’t just about bihar — it’s a warning shot at all of India. When institutions meant to safeguard elections become tools of manipulation, the electorate has to rise. The constitution promises one person, one vote — but what good is it if the vote is artificially distributed, stolen, or silenced?

🧭 What Must Happen Next

• Demand a forensic audit of the bihar voter rolls by independent experts under court supervision.

• Immediate deployment of the EC’s duplicate-detection software — retroactively if needed — and removal of all flagged entries.

• Transparency & access: Make all electoral roll data machine-readable, open for public analysis.

• Judicial scrutiny: The supreme court must treat this as a constitutional crisis, not a political clash.

• Mobilize the people: Because no law is stronger than public outrage when democracy is on the line.