Poll-body to go from door to door rural to remove illegal migrants from the voter list

The India (ECI) election committee will now perform door-to-door verification of voter lists throughout the country, starting with Bihar. This intensive voter list research is intended to guarantee the integrity of election roles by identifying and removing the names of illegal migrants and non -intended voters.

In Bihar, the first state to undergo this exercise, voters registered in the 2003 voter list will not be obliged to submit documents. This group comprises approximately 5 crore individuals. However, those who were initiated after 2003 must submit valid documents to prove their identity and suitability. In some other states, the closing year will be the 2004 voter list.

This verification is part of a special intensive revision that the ECI is launched in six states: Bihar, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, all of whom are planned to keep assembly elections or at the beginning of 2026. While Bihar is going to the polls in October-after 2025.

In this movement, the opposition parties expressed concern about political bias, while the committee claims that it is a constitutional responsibility to guarantee fair and clean elections.

The ECI has assured that all steps taken strictly will follow the legal framework laid down in Article 326 of the Constitution and section 16 of the representation of the People Act, 1950. while will

The relocation of the committee is aimed at identifying illegal foreign migrants who have introduced the voter list with the help of fake documents. It comes to Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in various states.

Booth-level officers will visit households for physical verification of voters. Special emphasis will be placed on verifying those who have been migrated from elsewhere to the state or are first applicants. All such persons must submit a declaration form with a documentary proof of birth.

Applicants will have to prove that they were born in India before 1 July 1987. If they were born between July 1, 1987 and December 2, 2004, they must also provide documents that determine the date and birthplace of their parents.

This is the first intensive voter scores in Bihar since 2003.

The committee emphasized that several factors such as rapid urbanization, frequent migration, deaths that are not reported and increasing cases of fraudulent voter registrations have made it necessary to perform this detailed verification to maintain the purity of election roles.

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