Bihar SIR: Nepalese, Bangladeshis found in voter list; names to be excluded from final list | India News

NEW DELHI: Field-level officers of the Election Commission (EC) have recognized “a large number” of people from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar throughout ongoing house-to-house verification for the revision of the voters’ list in Bihar, information company PTI quoted EC officers as saying on Sunday.The EC has made it clear that names of unlawful migrants is not going to be included in the final electoral roll, which is ready to be revealed on September 30. A correct verification course of will start after August 1 to decide the citizenship standing of these flagged.Based on ground-level studies, booth-level officers (BLOs) conducting door-to-door checks have come throughout important numbers of suspected international nationals. The ballot physique is predicted to develop this particular intensive revision (SIR) train nationwide to take away unlawful migrants from electoral rolls by verifying people’ fatherland.The drive takes on added significance as Bihar heads to polls later this 12 months, with state elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal due in 2026. The revision is a part of a wider crackdown on unlawful immigration, notably concentrating on these from Bangladesh and Myanmar.While the EC insists the transfer is geared toward making certain solely eligible Indian residents are included in the voter lists, opposition events have criticized the hassle, claiming it might lead to large-scale disenfranchisement of reputable residents.On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the EC’s train, however directed the ballot physique to deal with Aadhaar, voter ID, and ration playing cards as legitimate paperwork for verification in the continuing course of.