Bihar SIR: People from Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar found during drive; will not be included in final voter list, says Election Commission

The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Sunday (July 13, 2025) said a ample fig of radical from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar person been recovered during house-to-house visits successful the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls successful Bihar and the names of specified radical volition not beryllium included successful the last voters database to beryllium published connected September 30, 2025.

Bihar Special Intensive Revision: Over 74% electors taxable enumeration forms, says Election Commission of India

The Bihar SIR began connected June 25 and the past day for submitting Enumeration Forms fixed by Booth Level Officers to voters is July 25, pursuing which a draught database would beryllium brought retired connected August 1. The ECI has fixed a database of 11 documents to beryllium submitted arsenic proofs on with the forms which does not see Aadhaar, EPIC oregon Ration Cards. However, the canvass assemblage has said that the documentary proofs tin beryllium submitted adjacent during the claims play pursuing the work of the draught Electoral Rolls.

On July 10, proceeding a clump of petitions challenging the Bihar SIR, the Supreme Court had urged the ECI to consider Aadhaar, EPIC cards and Ration Cards arsenic documentary proofs arsenic well. The lawsuit is listed to beryllium heard again connected July 28, days earlier the scheduled work of the draught voters database connected August 1.

On Sunday (July 13, 2025), the ECI sources said that during the house-to-house visits during SIR successful Bihar, a ample fig of radical from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar person been recovered by BLOs. “Their names shall not beryllium included successful the last database to beryllium published connected September 30, 2025 aft due enquiry is conducted aft August 1, 2025,” sources said.

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The ECI had said connected Saturday (July 12, 2025) that having completed 100% printing and adjacent completion of organisation of EFs to each electors who were recovered astatine their addresses, arsenic of 6 p.m. connected Saturday (July 12, 2025) postulation crossed 6,32,59,497 oregon 80.11%. “Which means 4 retired of each 5 electors successful Bihar has submitted the EF,” it said.

Field-level teams including 38 District Election Officers (DEOs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) crossed each 243 Assembly Constituencies, and 963 Assistant EROs (AEROs) are being intimately monitored by the CEO for this purpose.