July 10, 2025A Sanhati reportIn recent years, debates over citizenship and exclusion have increasingly shaped Indian political life. In Bihar, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) initiative has been underway, ostensibly to update electoral rolls ahead of state elections. Yet, for those who view the Indian state through the lens of its class and caste character, these developments are neither anomalous nor surprising. The BJP’s long-term strategy is the reorganization of society along lines of religious, caste, and class hierarchy, using state violence when necessary, and bureaucratic violence as a daily fact. Relying on constitutionalism, courts, or changes of government within the present framework will not dismantle the machinery of exclusion and violence.