Public sentiment regarding the NRC implementation and electoral roll revision in Bihar is predominantly negative, with widespread concerns about disenfranchisement, particularly among marginalized communities. Many commenters express skepticism about the government's intentions, viewing the changes as politically motivated efforts to undermine opposition parties and manipulate the electoral process.

Bihar State Government

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Confusion or something else?

Just four months ago, in March, the Election Commission announced the process of linking voter lists with Aadhaar cards.

The Congress Party supported this proposal with some safeguards and suggested consultations with all parties.

While making an Aadhaar card, every individual is required to provide birth-related certificates.

But now, suddenly, a new process has been announced for the Bihar elections, which carries the old name—Special Intensive Summary Revision—but the process itself is new.In this, voters born between July 1987 and December 2003 will need to provide the birth certificate of one of their parents; and those born after that will need to provide the birth certificates of both parents.

There are over 8 crore voters in Bihar. This certificate submission process must be completed within the next one month!

The question is, when the Election Commission itself announced in March the process of linking voter lists with Aadhaar, in which people’s certificates and biometrics are already submitted, why has a new process been announced again?Why has a process been adopted in which Bihar government officials, deployed on Election Commission duty, will have the authority to verify and accept these certificates? Why has this process been initiated just three months before the election announcement? Whereas the previous Special Summary Revision, which did not require certificate submission, took over two months. This suddenly announced process will cause significant trouble for migrant voters, who are present in large numbers in Bihar, and poor voters.

frizene26

They have not yet disclosed which document is required as proof of place of birth for 1987 and before voters

prof_devilsadvocate3

It's not a bad thing, but why is it announced just 3 months before the election?

Ok-Goose6242

What is she afraid of? Seems like a straight forward process to me. Is she afraid that half of her voters would be delisted?

vamsi_v

Worried about everything but her own state. What a fall for Bengal!

VelvetVenues13

1. A special intensive revision program has been announced by the BJP in a new way to target the opposition, which is being called New Special Intensive Revision (NSIR). 

2. Under this program, the Election Commission will check every voter and affect their voting rights. 

3. Voters will be required to provide their children's birth papers, parents' birth papers, and their ancestors' birth papers. 

4. Poor and helpless voters may face difficulties in providing their ancestors' birth papers. 

5. This program is being seen as a measure to prevent BJP's defeat in the Bengal elections. 

6. It is being seen as a ploy to implement NRC illegally. 

7. It is believed that this is a move to check voters on the basis of NRC list. 

8. Opposition parties have opposed this program and called for the protection of voter rights.

9. The opposition alleges that this is an electoral measure of the BJP designed to prevent them from protesting.

10. The issue has created a political uproar and opposition parties are being criticised for it.

TheIndianRevolution2

Wherever the Center needs to acquire the land in the different states, whether it be for Railways, Airports, Defence or even for setting up borders, the authority that needs to facilitate that process is the State Government. Those questioning why State government nod is needed, have no experience whatsoever in governance, defence or Infrastructure projects. 

As somebody who worked on the East West metro corridor project in Kolkata, Delhi international airport T3 project in Delhi, Bangalore international airport and on Railway projects too for RITES, as a Structural Design Engineer, I can assure you that no land acquisition is possible without the support of the States and that is precisely why our Greenfield projects such as National highways and Railway lines are stuck in a limbo for decades as there are countless cases between State and Central government pending before the Supreme Court of India; The only outcome of these cases is delayed construction, massive legal fee, massive inflation in construction costs (~200-300% increase in costs from Tender bid), losses to the government exchequer which leads to massive loss of Tax income of citizens. 

This lack of cooperation works to both the State and Centre’s advantage due to politics, the only suckers left are the public. The public needs to realise, panic and revolt wherever this sort of a deadlock appears rather than supporting the parties because at the end this loss of money is going to be reflected in:
a. Falling Interest rates
b. Higher taxes
c. Rampant inflation

somesh92

The Bangladesh border needs electric fencing.

dukeofindus

What centre needs should be done … the Bangladesh border needs fencing ..

AffectionateTree3244

this matter is not even black white, it's about feasibility. how many more illegals can we allow in and how costly will it be to relocate the locals of those areas and who will bear the end cost of it all.

chuse-chuse-kha

So the centre decided now is a good time to wake up? Last 10+ years dhore ki korchilo GoI? Especially after 2019 when they had a massive majority, they should have worked on these issues.

Eastern_Bulwark06

I honestly don't get why WB govt has to "give land" for the fencing. Is it government owned land?

  
The second point he makes - regarding TMC cadres physically obstructing the fencing, that is a serious accusation, and if true, the Central Government should release more details on this.

pro_crasSn8r

Union government can easily "Buy" the land from the landowners and build whatever they want like they did for Delhi . But obviously the state government has to fund the acquisition and then union government will take the credit . Isn't this obvious why no state government will want to do that ?

Sabbyasachi1405

Land acquisition and West Bengal ka bahut purana rishta hai

Data-CHOR-365

I doubt it's as black and white as they are making it out to be. The border areas are mostly extremely fertile land which are densely populated.

schrodingerdoc

Acceptable_Recipe_32

People of the state will still justify this by blaming it on centre somehow.

SourCorn69

West Bengal is a state, where land is scarce. Center and State need to compromise on the amount of land that has now been requested.

empstat

Modi should just sell his 56 inch chest 

Man you are "PM " A CM is harassing you seriously.... Just implement president rule do fencing 

Modi is one of the most lamest pm

Cultural-Support-558

[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bengal-cabinet-approves-land-acquisition-for-india-bangladesh-border-fencing-101738038746376.html](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bengal-cabinet-approves-land-acquisition-for-india-bangladesh-border-fencing-101738038746376.html)

**Bengal Cabinet approves land acquisition for India-Bangladesh border fencing**

25th January 2025.

[https://theprint.in/india/bengal-govt-to-provide-land-to-bsf-for-border-fencing-in-two-more-districts/2479634/](https://theprint.in/india/bengal-govt-to-provide-land-to-bsf-for-border-fencing-in-two-more-districts/2479634/)

**Bengal govt to provide land to BSF for border fencing in two more districts**

04 February, 2025.

Bullshit allegation?

Afraid_Ask5130

Bhaijan, abbujan ammijan era ashbe opar theke, vote debe, border korle asbe ki kore. State wise presidential law declare kora uchit right this moment, this state is not only bad itself, it will ruin the rest of the country as well by letting these bangladeshis in.

mrrimo1990

Unfortunately this is a half truth molded by a Home Minister, no less, and peddled to his political constituency for electoral gains. This is a democratic country. If the Govt, State or Central, was just allowed to take away privately owned land without due process it would not be a democratic country. So land acquisition laws are in place and have to be followed. The specific areas where border fencing is proposed fall under multiple districts. But even if we assume it can be anywhere in the 6 border districts, land acquisition is extremely difficult. Land Acquisition laws are deliberately kept more stringent for high yield agricultural land and are dependent on both per acre yield and number of crops a year. West Bengal has one of the largest areas of high yield fertile land in the country and the highest rice producing State for a long time. For context, Uttar Pradesh with almost 3 times the land area of West Bengal still produces less rice. 
This is of consequence because among the 6 border districts of West Bengal with Bangladesh, 3 (North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad) have a large share of three-crops-a-year land. Acquisition of these lands is extremely difficult and forced acquisition is almost impossible. The other 3 (Malda, Cooch Behar, Dakshin Dinajpur) most lands are  2 crops a year with a significant share of 3 crops as well in Malda. Here, too, consent is important. And difficult to come, pushing the cost of acquisition significantly high. This could be true of almost every District in the State except Purulia, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (there are other issues in the last one as well). There are areas in Cooch Behar and Dakshin Dinajpur where acidic and saline lands are present. But they are not necessarily along the border.
In all the political one-upmanship we also forget that the illegal border crossings (both ways, because notwithstanding the general perception the illegal immigrants rarely sever ties with Bangladesh and generally make frequent trips across the border, also often making them ideal mules for smuggling) are facilitated by the Border Guards in both countries. And guess what? Unless that changes a fencing has very little practical utility.

Careless-Remove2840

Well center could make the bordering area a UT and than develop the fencing.

In the age of kalyug we need to use every way possible to achieve our desired results

PUSIking

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looks like trump’s ideas are going international

Nirbhik

Bitter_Session381

What I do not get is , how can state gov obstruct Border fencing . It comes under Central List ! 

And also , when he is saying "TMC members are opposing " it is quite a statement if it is true 

There should be a proper and strict investigation then

Academic_Theory5738

Lux_Stella

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GG

&gt; &gt; Reuters: Ridiculed for a decade, India's Rahul Gandhi slows Modi juggernaut

third times the charm

Dirty_Chopsticks

What the hell happened to Congress to revive them? Is Rahul just competent?

nicethingscostmoney

i feel like the results in maharashtra are the most interesting in this election. the nda has dropped from 41 seats to 18 while INDIA went from 5 seats to 29. up there with UP in terms of most decisive swings in this election, and it's not getting nearly the same amount of attention

but i also love how both alliances are competing with their own shiv sena and nationalist congress parties. and that the NDA backed "official" parties are both losing pretty badly to the "breakaway" versions

vancevon

- BJP is happy because they are forming the government.

- Congress is happy because the party, which seemed to have disappeared, has made a sort of comeback.

- Shivsena is happy because their legacy as the party of Balasaheb Thakre is still alive.

- NCP is happy because Sharad Pawar's legacy in western Maharashtra is still alive.

- Akhilesh Yadav is happy because his party got a considerable amount of seats in UP and BJP lost terribly in UP.

- Nitish Kumar is happy because he is going to be the kingmaker.

- CBN is also happy for the same reason.

- Mamta is happy because they are still the dominant party in West Bengal and won a considerable amount of seats there.

- Voters are happy because the party they supported is happy.

- This is going to be the first time when both BJP and Congress are bursting crackers to celebrate their victory.

What a wonderful election this was!

!ping IND&amp;ELECTIONS

God once again displaying his enormous power at putting down messiah claimants. Boy I was hoping for NDA 325 and BJP 280 and thought that was a pipe dream. But then Allah the all merciful granted me with a hung parliament. Truly there is no god but god.

Impressive_Cream_967

🍦🗿🍦: I'm genuinely happy about this result



🤡: are you a congress supporter?



🍦🗿🍦: no

MasterOfLords1

sower_of_salad

This election result is like pumping the brakes on a car speeding towards a cliff and I'm here for it!


🍦🥹🍦

R.I.P. "Here's why educated, affluent South India rejects the BJP while uneducated, communal North India votes for them" articles

2023-2024

city-of-stars

This election has certainly been interesting. It was competitive and not a cakewalk for the BJP.

RevolutionaryBoat5

Modi's speech TLDR

I am grateful for the trust people of India showed in us.We are going to make government third time. This Verdict shows faith of public in government and constitution. Although I have lost my mother, all the mothers around this country never let me feel any emptiness in my life. I also promise the people of India that my government will work towards big reforms. We won't stop with economic reforms till the day poverty is finally exterminated from this country. 

I am determined to make India self reliant in Defense production.We will increase India's infrastructure in Green energy. My government has done commendable work in providing basic necessities to poor. We will do our best to make India no 3 economy as soon as possible.India will do it's best to gain advantage in diversification in global production which is happening right now. 

People of India has rejected the blatantly corrupt opposition.For me working selflessly for Indian citizens is more important.Soon country will celebrate the 300th birthday of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. We are striving to follow his ideals. 

I thank JP Nadda (BJP President) , BJP central committee and every worker throughout the country for their selfless work and how they helped us win.I bow down before the people and the constitution of this country.

The pollsters got it horribly wrong this time, not a single one had predicted NDA going below 300. What could be the reason for such discrepancy in exit polls and actual results? It can't be that all of them followed flawed methodology. People already had low trust in pollsters, they'd need even more time to build trust now.

shubomb1

Yeah so always being in environments where everyone is ambiently pro-BJP (Urban India, NRI Suburbs) may have affected me a little as well, did not see this coming one bit i was full doomer about India

Clear demonstration that it’s us urbanites who are the albatross around India’s neck

runnerx4

This was a pretty sad speech. Man was not in form and he lacked that certain spark in him.

Question: what are the BJP allies like from a democracy perspective? Is there a chance they could rain in modi’s attempts to illegally destroy his opposition?

battywombat21

Huh so this seems like just about the best possible outcome

tigerflame45117

Hey r neoliberal, it’s me Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, stop saying I’m crying I am NOT crying right now, some snow just got in my eye

thefuturegov

Jacobs4525

NeonCrayfish2077

Modi is invoking dead mother card right now. Lmao.

If this election has proved anything, it's that anti-incumbency isn't going away from Indian elections (as many had prophesied seeing BJP's dominance) and that it spares no one. A CM who has served for 25-ish years now also lost, his victory looked certain a year back.

ShreeGauss

Modi - we gained new grounds in Telangana Odisha and Andhra.

My brother in Vishnu you also lost lot of seats in UP , RJ and HR. Why are you still talking about Congress free India.

I'm guessing they were expecting a supermajority and ability to change the constitution, so losing seats is pretty dejecting when your expectations were that high

Kraxnor

Certified hood classic. Prashant Kishor on Congress in this election. 
https://x.com/neon_crayfish/status/1798008116040396971?t=jKgMq8wSc115CFjOSlJD4A&amp;s=19

This is the kind of election which will make both sides happy and sad at the same time. BJP will be sad because after all the talks about 400+ they didn't even reach 300 with their coalition partners and failed to get a majority on their own but they'd happy that they'd get to form government at least despite the big setback in UP. 

Congress and the constituents of INDIA alliance were fighting the election for their survival, so a result like this would breathe the much needed life into them, they can regroup and fight the upcoming state assembly elections with new rejuvenation. They'd be sad at the same time because they could've come in power if they focused more on states like Bihar, Jharkhand. There was widespread discontent in Bihar bcz of high unemployment and also Nitish tendency to switch sides, state goverment teachers were also angry with having to work long hours and not getting off days during Summer but they failed to capitalise on these issues.

Trying to explain democratic elections to my Russian fiancée is.. interesting. She’s super interested in democracy but i don’t think she really understands the concept fully

HowIsPajamaMan

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It's morning again in ~~Am*rica~~ India 🍦😎🍦

Modi is almost crying rn.Even his voice is cracking

Mandate of heaven no more eh?


🍦🌝🍦

Good morning everyone! How did it go for the BJP

" We have recieved one sided mandate from the public. "

Sure dude 🥱

Is JP Nadda bashing Media for unfair coverage? Lmao 🤡

[Can I get you some tea?](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7yE4PPyzJY/?igsh=MTY3aG0xZHdlZ2hhMw==)

Unrelated to election results, polling India sounds like a logistical nightmare.

Future_Tyrant

[A live look at all the Modi Stans on social media.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7yecg0to8j4d1.jpeg)

Daddy_Macron

My guy Modi looks really dejected. Their entire body language is down today. Sad 😞

Omg omg omg omg





Maybe my home country isn't a total nation of clowns after all!



#🍦🥹🍦

Modi is waving victory sign but atmosphere is down at BJP headquarters.

Live - https://www.youtube.com/live/s8y5IF5fOkE?si=slZAb9Z3Bxje0nx9

https://preview.redd.it/b6qbky9ehk4d1.jpeg?width=1130&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=da78a6f9c04d65db98ba25d11cb72aa84f8a5025

inexplicable

Democratic Party (B) vs Democratic Party (S) vs Democratic Party (C) vs Democratic Party (B) vs National Democratic Party vs New Democratic Party vs New England Democrats vs California Democratic Alliance vs NY Democratic Congress

earththejerry

Nail Bitter in Mumbai North West. The final result difference here is 48 after counting both valid EVM and Postal Ballot votes. Now the invalid or rejected postal ballot votes which are 111 votes will be re validated personally by returning officer under camera scrutiny and the final winner will be declared.

So Modi is just barely squeaking by with a majority? What sort of concessions will the minor parties bring, especially those in the NDA coalition with a couple of seats.

ZCoupon

Modi is going to give his big after election results speech soon.🥱

Holy shit. My mom came into my room to bring me a plate of paani puri and I literally screamed at her and hit the plate of paani puri out of her hand. She started yelling and swearing at me and I slammed the door on her. I'm so distressed right now I don't know what to do. I didn't mean to do that to my mom but I'm literally in shock from the results tonight. I feel like I'm going to explode. Why the fucking fuck is he losing? This can't be happening. I'm having a fucking breakdown. I don't want to believe the world is so corrupt. I want a future to believe in. I want Narenda Modi to be PM and fix this broken country. I cannot fucking deal with this right now. It wasn't supposed to be like this, I thought he was polling well in UP???? This is so fucked.

haha all you Anti-Modi shills, once the military ballots come in it will be a landslide!!!!

dareka_san

Jeb! would've won if we gave the vote mules cocaine

ThatDamnGuyJosh

Modi forced to rely on the support of two parties which have both been demanding special status for their states, this should be fun.

&gt;  India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a new message for supporters on the campaign trail: God has chosen him.

&gt; “I’m convinced that God has sent me for a purpose, and when that purpose is finished, my work will be done,” he told local news channel NDTV in an interview last week. “This is why I have dedicated myself to God.”

memed a little too close to the sun

How much influence will CBN have over govt policy now?

throwaway6560192

The Election Commission's announcement of electoral roll revisions in Bihar has raised concerns about potential disenfranchisement tied to NRC requirements.

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