EC to review voters lists in six states this year to weed out illegal migrants

The Election Commission will carry out an intensive review of electoral rolls this year in six states beginning with Bihar to weed out foreign illegal migrants by checking their place of birth.

- TDG NETWORK

Bihar is going to polls this year while assembly polls in five other states -- Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal -- are scheduled in 2026.

The move, which would be later expanded to other states, assumes significance in the wake of a crackdown in various states on illegal foreign migrants, including from Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Eventually, the poll authority will begin special intensive revision in the entire country ""for the discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of the electoral rolls"

As part of the intense review, poll officials will carry out house-to-house verification to ensure an error-free voters list.