The Election Commission of India has decided that the voters from three aboriginal tribes or primitive tribes will be automatically enlisted in the final voters’ list of West Bengal.
The voters from these three communities will not be required to furnish any document for that purpose. According to the official sources of the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, these aboriginal tribes or primitive tribes are Birhor, Toto, and Sabar.
Following the Commission’s instruction, the District Magistrates, as well as the District Electoral Officers, have asked the Block Development Officers to provide details of the voters from these three aboriginal tribes in their respective areas.
According to sources in the office of the chief electoral officer (CEO), West Bengal, the communities covered under this special dispensation are the Birhor, Toto and Sabar tribes.
Members of these communities will be enrolled as voters without having to furnish any supporting documents — a move intended to ensure that historical marginalisation does not translate into electoral exclusion.
Acting on the commission’s directive, district magistrates and district electoral officers have instructed block development officers to compile and submit details of eligible voters from these tribes in their respective jurisdictions.
Officials said that in cases where individuals from these communities do not possess Scheduled Tribe certificates, district administrations will issue the documents on an emergency basis to facilitate their inclusion.