Register as voters only in places where you're ordinary resident: EC

Gyanesh Kumar's statement comes amid uproar over voter list revision ahead of Bihar polls

- Mukesh Ranjan @ New Delhi

Amid the raging uproar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of upcoming Bihar assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday said that eligible citizens should register themselves as voters only in constituencies of which they are 'ordinary residents' and not the place 'where they own a house'.

Addressing a group of booth-level officers, the CEC said, "As per the Representation of the People Act, you are entitled to vote only in the assembly constituency where you are an ordinary resident. For example, if you ordinarily reside in Delhi but own a house in Patna, your vote should be registered in Delhi, and not in Patna."