In an interview to The Wire, Rawat who served as CEC from January 23 to December 1, 2018, said that while the exercise being conducted by the poll body will help in identifying illegal immigrants, an intensive revision was not necessary for this purpose.

https://thewire.in/politics/ec-subjecting-2-9-cr-voters-to-rigorous-exercise-to-identify-handful-illegal-immigrants-ex-cec-o-p-rawat-on-bihar-sir 

“For identifying illegal immigrants and purifying electoral rolls of these illegal immigrants, the law provides a very easy solution,” said Rawat.

 

by Sravasti Dasgupta

18/07/2025

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