The Ballot You Could Not Read: SIR and DHFL CoC by DebaprasadBandyopadhyay Via Flickr: onceinabluemoon2021.in/2026/07/16/the-ballot-you-could-no... In this essay, Once in a Blue Moon Academia draws a structural parallel between two opaque state-orchestrated processes ā the 2020ā21 RBI-appointed Committee of Creditors (CoC) resolution of DHFL, which extinguished over ā¹4,100 crore of elderly depositorsā savings through an unverifiable electronic ballot they could neither download nor retain, and the 2025ā26 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls that deleted nearly 91 lakh names in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections. Both exemplify āmanaged consentā: the meticulous preservation of democratic and procedural rituals while systematically withdrawing verifiability, accessibility, and meaningful agency. Invoking MÄ«mÄį¹sÄ pramÄį¹as (anupalabdhi and arthÄpatti) alongside statutory adverse inference, the essay demonstrates how the sustained withholding of records ā despite official claims of transparency ā itself constitutes proof of the postulated theft. Dedicated to the UN Special Rapporteurs behind Communication AL IND 8/2026, it frames these as twin installations of a singular āgovernment of registersā that renders citizens legible while keeping the Stateās decisive mechanisms illegible, urging the lawful opening of black boxes and the simple demand: show the records.
















