Summary of Important News Items and Editorials-26
Summary of Important News Items and Editorials-26
INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 4TH JULY 2025.
1. In village after village, a chorus: ‘We only have Aadhaar... how do we get papers EC wants?’
Across Bihar, a wave of confusion and concern has gripped villagers amid the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. In constituencies like CM Nitish Kumar’s Harnaut and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s Raghopur, citizens who lack documentation from the 2003 electoral roll are being asked to produce one of 11 specified documents to establish citizenship. The catch: common ID documents like Aadhaar, ration cards, and MGNREGA job cards do not qualify. For many, especially marginalized groups like SCs and EBCs, this requirement has created panic as they struggle to obtain caste or residence certificates within a short window. Booth Level Officers are assisting in
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