Over ‘doubtful citizenship’, the Bihar state’s poll authorities have issued notices to almost three lakh electors on Friday. These electors are among the 7.24 crore population who have found their names in the draft electoral rolls published on August 1 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar.
Those issued notices are suspected to be from Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, and even Afghanistan, officials said, citing ground reports.
The electoral registration officers (EROs) saw some discrepancies while verifying the documents. Field inquiries were done thereafter, and notices were issued, the officials informed.
Notices were issued by the EROs largely in East Champaran, West Champaran, Madhubani, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Araria, and Supaul.
"These were the districts from where the majority of these cases were identified," an Election Commission (EC) functionary said.
According to the poll panel, so far 99.11 per cent of the 7.24 crore electors of Bihar have submitted their documents for verification. The final voter list of the state, where assembly polls could be held in November, will be published on September 30.
The Supreme Court of India has now asked the poll authority to accept Aadhaar or any of the 11 listed documents from people seeking inclusion in the voter list. Meanwhile, EC has asked the apex court to repose faith in it for carrying out the SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
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