Public opinion on the electoral roll revision in Bihar is polarized, revealing deep concerns about the integrity of the electoral process juxtaposed with cautious approval for voter verification efforts. There is significant skepticism toward the ruling party's influence, allegations of manipulation, and a desire for judicial oversight, alongside some acknowledgment of the need for reforms to ensure electoral fairness.

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Records reveal: A detailed review and updation of the Bihar state electoral roll was completed by January 2025. The roll was found to be robust. Officials were updating the roll well into June. Suddenly, the Election Commission of India called it faulty and junked it, ordering an unprecedented exercise to verify voters from scratch. Chaos has ensued.

rishianand

Yesterday, Chief Electoral Officer in Bihar released an advertisement in every newspaper saying that people can submit their forms without documents, contrary to the earlier notification.

Later in the day, the Chief Election Commissioner said that there is no change in the notification.

These people are clueless.

[CEC defends Bihar electoral roll revision, poll body clarifies ‘no change in instructions’ | The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bihar-voter-list-revision-election-commission-rules-10109571/)


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The problem with such scurtiniees is that bureaucratic inefficiencies &amp; corruption will get in the way. A lot of "illegals" now hold immense power, political mileage and money, especially in West Bengal. 

A little bit of violence and/or money - and the scrutinizers may as well pass off legal citizens as scapegoats! Parts of Bengal have indigenous Muslim population which has below average income, whereas a lot of these Bangladeshis have garnered not just money but muscle &amp; political power as well.

So that begs the question, will it be as transparent as it's being positioned as?

Sudden-Celebration14

Will there be a domicile check? How will they identify legal and illegal immigrants? Also what are the rules for Indian citizens to transfer their voter card to a constituency?

mukherjee4u

1935 e Nazi Germany Nuremberg e German Jews der voting rights kharij kore.

Itihash theke sekha ucchit

barmanrags

State sponsored ethnic clea\*sing of bengalis in action (I have been screaming about it for over a year now as all the tell-tale signs were evident which I have been documenting). Propaganda of dehumanisation of bengalis, has been running long in this nation.  Mass ex\*cutions in detention camps will begin soon. Buckle up and save your motherland. If Supreme court doesn't strike this down, get ready for the final ride.

Afraid_Ask5130

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Posted the same thing yesterday. It got removed. Lets hope this one sticks.

Relevant_Rhubarb_629

Thankfully centre is now addressing the illegal Bangladeshis issue in the state

sdjnd

Good!

If we cant get NRC like Assam, I am willing to take this.


Every voter card issued after 2000 should be closely monitored.

Especially when a new card is being issued to a 30year old, with newly minted Aadhar

OkCustomer5021

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

Try ---&gt; " Show Documents for Schemes like Ladaki Bahen Yojana, " 


They will Provide 22 documents.


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1kshvaku

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.

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The problem which that department will face is that whatever criteria they will decide for the verification the illegal will be first to full fill it and many "human rights activists" will provide any possible resource to them. 

And many "underprivileged" actual citizens will not be able to fulfill the criteria. 

Not to mention there will be political parties which will crave for illegal's votes and give somewhat similar statements like "they have the first right on the resource of the nation". USA is also facing problems due to this particular con of democracies.

piyushpathak007

Ah yes, election integrity and national security is when you remove voting rights from big swathes of citizens 🤡🤡


Actual measures to improve national security would be to heavily clamp down on it cells like yours, but something tells me you're loathe to get rid of your source of employment.

fenrir245

Mass Voter Re-Verification exactly 5 months before Bihar 2025 elections.

Demonetisation, exactly 5 months before 2017 UP elections. 

  
Same strategic goal this time using different tactic, need to respect BJP, they have really "mastered" how to fight elections.

comeonwhatdidIdo

Sure kicking the "undesirables" out of the country would be good. But you know in some cities you may be part of the "undesirable". Maybe some states will link it to speaking the local language, maybe some will link it to the right caste/religion. Any law which reverses the burden of proof i.e. citizen need to prove they are citizens (instead of agency proving you are an alien) will be heavily mis-used. Just look at the Assam NRC experience.

SpeakDirtyToMe

You do know that ECI does infact conduct Roll Revision periodically, right? And they have majorly completed this revision last month. This Special Revision didn't make sense cause they were asked to ignore multiple documents that Biharis had and asked for stuff like Birth certificate, previous election ECI number that no one had. 

This isn't the win that you should be celebrating. 

And explain me how is this a win for Election Integrity.

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Over 74% of electors in Bihar have submitted their enumeration forms as part of a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The process faces scrutiny from Congress leaders, raising allegations of potential electoral manipulation by the ruling party.

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