Public opinion on the electoral roll revision in Bihar is deeply polarized, characterized by strong distrust towards the Election Commission and fears of voter disenfranchisement, especially among marginalized groups. Many comments reflect skepticism about the motives behind the revision, suggesting potential bias and calling for greater transparency. Despite a minority expressing support for the revision as a means to improve electoral integrity, the overall sentiment leans heavily negative due to concerns over bureaucratic inefficiencies and political manipulation.

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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/)

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.


Office ke bahar line na lagi toH Main Reddit छोड Dunga...

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.

XxDreadeyexX

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RewardNew8047

I don't think the exercise is illegitimate in and of itself, but it should be suspended for the time being because there's simply not enough time to complete it before elections. If it has to be done, it should be done after elections.

ShreeGauss

They are doing election fraud on the behest of bjp

Guilty-King-9047

Stop this nuisance the way this article and you have presented it makes it feel like everyone's name will be out of voter list except for Voters of BJP-JDU. Rather than reading article which has no authencity go and read election commissions website you will get to know what's the need and why it is being done.

Everyone knows the sudden spike in Muslim population in Seemanchal and corrupt officials providing them documents and voter ID card can be problematic. Everyone knows that Bangladeshi have infiltrated and TMC was involved in getting them documents. Go read Bengaluru Police findings in which TMC politicians and supporters alongwith Corrupt officials helped them getting Aadhar and other documents.

For the first time any state is going to use E-voting which will enable people residing outside Bihar can caste their vote from their respective place without any hassle. And the way you presented it like everyone will lose their vote let's come to reality BLO is visiting every house for verification and not just that you can even do it online like I did for myself as well as my family without leaving Delhi NCR.

Atlast come to your Tabrej story in the article so even if Tabrej's father died and his name was removed from Voter list recently then his father name would have been in 2003 list and that's sufficient as proof and even if his father died before 2003 then also it can be verified as BLO is a local representative and they know voters very well.

So if you don't like BJP-JDU don't vote them but stop spreading misinformation.

One_Willingness1382

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

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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

Repost by changing the title to reflect the title used in the source because this post will be removed.

Professional-Tear996

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

Itihash theke sekha ucchit

barmanrags

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

BJP have successfully created the propaganda against bengali for apparently hiding Bangladeshis for votes which is obviously a lie for this. Now they will start removing most Bengalis who votes against them.

MysteriousFox6947

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

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

Relevant_Rhubarb_629

The real reason for this is to ensure demographic change in WB. This has been implemented in Bihar, and 8 crore voters were asked to submit form and 'documents'(which excludes Aadhar/ration card/voter card) within a month. Bihar has 33 percent of their existing population living outside Bihar. This will happen in WB as well.How is it possible for them to get leaves from their employers, travel back  and submit form and documents. And regarding the documents ECI asked for parents birth certificate..... even one of the judges who is hearing this case in SC quoted that he himself can't provide the documents asked by the ECI. 

The Chief Election Commisioner himself stated that he wants people to vote where they currently 'reside' not their native place. You can check that in that following link. So, all the Bihar voters who weren't able to go back can submit their documents at their 'current address' , so basically Bengal which holds a huge chunk of these people will now have the migrant Bihar population as a legitimate voter base. 

As someone who have been to Tibet, I can assure you this is exactly what China did in Tibet. In Tibet you would hardly find any Tibetans, but Han Chinese while actual Tibetans were given lucrative opportunities to move to different urban areas like Shanghai,  Beijing etc . The same is being tried in Xingjiang areas with Uyighurs.


The motive of the excercise is evident when you have Bihar which has one of the lowest migrant population within the state is chosen as the first state for this excercise. You can't sell the' illegal  Bangladeshi Muslim' thing there because the local people know the condition of the state and no sane people will move there unless it's an absolute necessity. 

They day government changed the panel of selection of ECI commissioners by removing the Chief Justice of India from the panel, replacing him/her with a MP from the ruling party the downfall of ECI began.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/citizens-should-register-themselves-as-voters-only-in-constituencies-they-are-ordinary-residents-chief-election-commissioner/amp_articleshow/122184020.cms

65th_government

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

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