Field-level functionaries of the Election Commission have found “a large number of people” from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar during house-to-house visits made for the ongoing intensive review of voters’ list in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. They asserted that the names of illegal migrants will not be included in the final electoral roll to be published on September 30, after proper enquiry of such people is conducted after August 1.

Citing ground reports, EC officials said that during house-to-house visits “a large number” of people from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by booth-level-officers. Bihar is going to polls this year, while assembly polls in these five other states — Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal — are scheduled in 2026.

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