The focus is on the Election Commission’s ‘special intensive revision’ of electoral rolls in Bihar, an exercise the EC admits is the first of its kind in India’s history. Conducted just ahead of elections with a July 25 deadline, the process has ignited a debate over whether it is a citizenship test being pushed onto voters. Concerns are being raised that the right to vote is under threat, with fears that many, including migrant labour, could be disenfranchised for not submitting a form. A senior advocate on the programme called the exercise, "demonetization by Election Commission." While the government’s Additional Solicitor General argues that all fears are "unfounded and in ignorance of the law," a former Chief Election Commissioner notes such an exercise is normally done a year before an election, not a month away.
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