Why Is India Rechecking 80 Million Voters in Bihar?

Why is India rechecking 80 million voters in Bihar?

The revision of the electoral roll in India's Bihar state has sparked controversy with critics and opposition parties warning of voter disenfranchisement.

CEC Defends Bihar Voter Roll Revision, Says Including Ineligible Voters Violates Constitution

Gyanesh Kumar asks if poll body should allow names of dead, migrants, or duplicate voters; stresses clean rolls are vital for democracy

Can't allow dead, those who have permanently migrated to be on voters' list: CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Opposition criticizes Bihar's electoral roll revision, claiming it will disenfranchise millions; Election Commission emphasizes need for transparency and fairness.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: AAP MP Sanjay Singh seeks Rajya Sabha discussion on Bihar voter list revision

Congress MP Manickam Tagore has submitted an Adjournment Motion on Thursday (July 24) under Rule 56 in the Lok Sabha, raising alarm over what he described as a "shocking and unconstitutional" act by the Election Commission. The motion calls for an urgent discussion on the reported removal of over 52 lakh names from the electoral rolls in Bihar- an act he termed as a direct assault on the voting rights of the poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and backwards…

Abandoned, unheard: Women without papers victims of Bihar's voter revision

In Seemanchal, suspicion isn’t just a sentiment -- it’s infrastructure. The districts here, particularly Kishanganj, had been unofficially placed on alert. Villages were flagged, booths labelled “suspicious,” and Block Development Officers (BDOs) were quietly instructing BLOs on who to watch and who to list. The criteria? Simple, yet terrifying: "local intelligence" combined with an inability to trace one’s parents to the 2003 electoral rolls

Bihar voter roll revision was ‘imposed on us’, says JD(U) MP

Giridhari Yadav, however, clarified that the statement was his opinion and not the stand of the Janata Dal (United), a key ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party.