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Opposition parties say a move by India’s election commission is part of a wider pattern of election influencing by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which derides the claims.

By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar

Reporting from Raghopur and Patna, in Bihar, India

The mission given to election workers on the ground in the Indian state of Bihar this summer was daunting: Verify the identity of nearly 80 million eligible voters in only a few weeks.