EC survey finds many from Nepal, Bangladesh & Myanmar  

EC sources said a thorough enquiry would beryllium conducted into the inheritance of specified radical and their names would not beryllium included successful the last database of rolls that volition beryllium published connected September 30.

Amid the Opposition's allegation that the ongoing peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Bihar is an exercise to disenfranchise poor, migrant and Dalit voters, the Election Commission (EC) has claimed that a ample fig of radical from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar person been recovered by booth level officers (BLOs) during their house visits nether the exercise. 

EC sources said a thorough enquiry would beryllium conducted into the inheritance of specified radical and their names would not beryllium included successful the last database of rolls that volition beryllium published connected September 30. They further said the enquiry would beryllium conducted aft August 1, the day erstwhile the draught rotation volition beryllium released.

Reacting to the development, RJD person Tejashwi Yadav said, "We person seen galore elections, including successful 2014, 2019 and 2024. We mislaid by 3-4 lakh votes. Does that mean each these foreigners voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi? It means that the NDA is astatine fault. It besides means that it won by fraud. SIR is an eyewash and the EC is moving arsenic a compartment of a governmental party."

Counterattacking the Opposition, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said, "Instead of ensuring the voting rights of Biharis, the RJD and the Congress are advocating the rights of outsiders. They privation that foreigners get the close to ballot implicit the genuine voters of Bihar. The 2 dynasts (referring to Tejashwi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi) during their days astatine the Centre had allowed amerciable immigrants to settee successful India, but present they are being weeded out."

Under SIR, voters tin taxable their enumeration forms with documents proving their citizenship and day of commencement till July 25. If idiosyncratic cannot supply documents by July 25, they person the enactment of submitting the documents betwixt August 1 and August 30, the past day of filing claims and objections.

To get included successful the draught rotation to beryllium published connected August 1, 1 has to taxable the enumeration form. Those who taxable the enumeration forms without documents volition person to taxable by August 30 to get included successful the last list.