India’s Democracy Failing Migrant Citizens

• The Indian democracy is failing the migrant citizen, leaving millions behind.

• The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of State electoral rolls has led to the mass deletion of nearly 3.5 million migrants (4.4% of total voters).

• These migrants face permanent disenfranchisement not only in their work places but also at home.

• Migration is not just an economic choice but also a survival strategy, threatening to erase millions from India’s democratic record.

• The state is reading this reality of circular and split-family migration as an abandonment of electoral rights.

• India’s electoral infrastructure is designed around a sedentary citizen, with voter registration tied to proof of residence and in-person verification.

• The issue is particularly complex along the India-Nepal border, where new documentation norms and restrictive citizenship interpretations threaten their legal and electoral status.

• India must move toward portable, flexible, and mobile voter identity systems.

• The Election Commission of India should halt blanket deletions of migrants and adopt a cross-verification model with destination State voter rolls.

• Civil society and local governance bodies should be empowered to conduct migrant outreach and re-registration drives.

Voting Barriers for Migrants is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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