Public sentiment around the electoral roll revision in Bihar is highly negative, with widespread fears of disenfranchisement of eligible voters due to stringent documentation requirements. Many perceive the move as politically motivated manipulation aimed at benefiting certain parties while undermining democracy, particularly affecting marginalized communities. There is significant mistrust towards the Election Commission's motives and concerns that the changes could disproportionately disenfranchise specific caste groups.

Election Commission of India

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

IND Alliance

It's over for the opposition parties. BJP is gonna rule this country for the next millennia if no one can do anything about it. And all these fks were crying about corruption and democracy pre-2014 😂 What a bunch of hypocrites.

MusixStar

Pastoralistt_37

charavaka

Democracy was long dead, now they are openly putting her into the grave

rickirathi

Caste and religion data of those 37% should be released. Bihar has caste census so that data would be available.

Then will we see same distribution of caste and religion as per latest census?

gagan1985

“foreign illegal immigrants”. This is NRC

bigcock_loaded

Democracy was long dead, now they are putting her into the grave

Accomplished_Sir_362

Lol they're finding legal ways to destroy a voter's right

Beneficial_You_5978

throwawaystedaccount

Casually removing voting rights of 30 million people. Mother of Democracy.

Alarming_Echo_4748

Ok I might get hate for this but I don't see anything wrong in this, election commission did this after the 2005 elections as well because multiple voter ids had become ultra common, they had to filter out repeated name+father's name combos, people just changed their district and made another voter id at that time

Icy-Tie9359

There is nothing wrong in this. Gonna leave my previous comment here.



[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-ats-arrests-bangladeshi-nationals-indian-passports-fake-documents-9386476/](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-ats-arrests-bangladeshi-nationals-indian-passports-fake-documents-9386476/)

[https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/May/03/bangladeshi-national-who-entered-tn-illegally-in-2001-voted-in-three-polls-held](https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/May/03/bangladeshi-national-who-entered-tn-illegally-in-2001-voted-in-three-polls-held)

There is a very real and important need to investigate voters and find if they are genuine or not. As if leeching off of our country isn't enough, we cannot have foreigners be voting in our elections.

XxDreadeyexX

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RewardNew8047

Can you explain how it is clearly trying to eliminate backward class people? It will be same for everyone. Like I will also face problem especially since I am not in Bihar. It more looks like they are testing something to find illegal settlers before WB election.

IndividualB00t

Why exclude aadhar?

A person of your intellect who links this question to a "harm" it supposedly poses to the BC should have had the knowledge of The Hon. SUPREME COURT's stance on AADHAR CARD not being a valid proof of age.
So why should it be used for making an ID whose primary requirement is "AGE"
And please elaborate on why this new set of rules tries to suppress the BC.

Raj943

I didn't understand it can someone help me .. Also I'll be casting my first ever vote this election

Master-Eggplant3838

I've heard that people whose name was there in 2003 voter's list their children will be added to the list and they don't have to provide any documents. The revision of voter's list is necessary there are many people who are no longer living in bihar and many who have come back to Bihar. 

And I understand the decision to exclude aadhar, it's way too easy to make a fake aadhar. And rules will be the same for everyone so I don't understand how it's targeting backward classes, if anything it's targeting illegal migrants.

Maxpro2001

SinkSignificant7431

Bhai kya misinformation faila raha hai 
Pehle thik se jake padh lo kya likha hai uske bad bat Krna

Cold-Toe6549

Mai khud bihar se hun but mera ye manna hai ki Bihar me vast majority of log hai jo jhuggi jhopdi me rahte hai, joki BC hai jinke paas kch bhi nhi hai literally kisi bhi gaon side jaao aise bhtt saare area dikhenge jinke paas proper ghar nhi hai rahne ko koi bhi basic chiz nhi hai. But vo vote toh karte honge na but unko ye kahna ki tum documents laao itne purane ya 2003 list me naam dikhao ye sab toh unse possible nhi hai bc rahne ke liye proper ghar nhi hai uske paas vo ye sab kaha se show karega.

Han ye vaise log ko eliminate karne ke liye accha hai jo bahar se aay hai jinka domicile yhan ka nhi hai but vo bas chuke hai yhan unko problem hogi ya jo illegally hai yhan.

Adhar bc har important jgah lene ko mana kar diya jata hai then government itna kyu efforts daali banane me or ye bhtt hi easily duplicate bhi ban jata hai toh bc ye system kaisa hai ki koi bhi easily bana leta hai.

Or ye sab verification 1 month me karna hai pure Bihar me, Bhtt se log is baar voting se bahar hone vale hai.

Mai khud ek well off family se hu Bihar me and mere grandfather and great grandfather were landlords and we have a vast agricultural land in Bihar and jo log kaam karte hai hamare yhan unlogo problem hone vali hai joki BC ke log hai or unko genuinely concern hai kyuki unpe kch nhi hai. 
Or han vo Bahar se nhi aay kahi se 100-150 saal se vhi jagah pe rah rhe hai but vo abhi bhi suppressed hai.

Ok-Suspect5227

These exercise for illegal Bangladeshi. Mostly in mithila and seemanchal region too many got the aadhar card, but they dont have old identity proof.

Personal_Mirror_5228

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frizene26

Why only the electoral roll of Bihar is given. If any person stayed in any other Indian state for any reason, say job, and have his or her name in electoral roll of that state before 2003, and came back to bihar after 2003 then that person isn't a citizen of India?
The person has to prove in other ways then
 Why?

priyanka_2002

mistic_paplu

Hume neighboring states ke immigrants ko control karna psdega nahin to aise hi chor UP se chadenge,Bihar me utarenge train me aur badnaami hogi Buhar ki

Glum-Caterpillar-916

so basically the ruling gov trying to eliminate backward class ppl who r major voters of opposition RJD damn this is sick...or a step towards dictatorship..??/

Solid_Tip_130

गरीब का हक छीना जा रहा है

New_Confection_714

What about those who were born in 2004?????

Only_Child_009

Agar illigal immigration ko rokna hai toh government ko apna system Shi karna chahiye 
Koi bhi Adhar bana leta hai easily.
Voter id card bhi bana leta hai toh isme fault government ka hai usko theek karna chahiye inhe.

Agar mai abhi koi or state chala jata hu rahne or decide karta hun ki mai vote yhi karunga or ab yhi rahunga toh kitna easy hai mere liye ye karna?

Or agar ye mai kar pata hun sab kch proper ya koi bihar me aake kiya ho ye, or yhi settle hogya ho maybe for some reason toh vo kya kare ab aise situation me?

This looks like its done especially to make a very specific caste group unable to vote or more difficult

shreeojj

Mai tho vote nhi krr rha .. sare currupted , chor h saale

Mother_Wishbone3450

Valid ids issued before 1987?? So no one younger than that can vote?

Gully29


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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.

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

Positive news are needed but for water metro there's a competition between us and UP

Urban forest jaldi krdo please. Asap mission level par

recxstar

Fingures crossed 🤞 may god bless bihar with all these projects

Acceptable-Opening71

Any update on the transmission of untreated sewage water in Ganga river?

AssChucks

Been preparing for the UP Police exam recently, and honestly, I was super confused with all the random material online. What really helped me was some compact Hindi notes + MCQs I came across — made revision so much easier. If anyone’s struggling like I was, happy to share what helped me. Not selling anything, just thought it might save someone’s time.

Popular-Lab8824

Election ke time pe dram dekhne ka alag hi maza hai

Just_having_fun5

All this during the election season!! People need to be smarter than falling for these. There is no real agenda like jobs, better infrastructure, education, healthcare. 

Agendas are mandir, 1.5 lakhs for each women, etc etc. This will not bring anything to bihar, not today, not in a million years. Not to forget the Jumlebaaz has arrived in Bihar again.

chaisuttapyar

My dadi used to tell me a line - Pet mein khor nai, seengh mein tel. Fits perfectly into this, mere gaon mein peene ka pani nhi aata hai, sab 20 rupay wale pani pe zinda hein.

OldMonkAndBonk

**A very good post. There is not enough information about how terrible this Special Intensive Revision exercise is. The vast majority of the people do not have a valid ID of their parents.**

According to NFHS, only 2.8% of the people between 20-40 years of age, possess a birth certificate.

ECI says that it will perform the exercise within one month, and that too right before election. This is impossible.

rishianand

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Only one parent (Not both)

Any documents with DOB (Not Birth Certificates)

Stop spreading fake propaganda 

Prize-Alternative847

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