For the last few days, Mridul Basumatary, a 28-year-old resident of Bhoroluwa Gaon, a village in Upper Assam's Lakhimpur district, has been trying to convince his neighbours that he has not filed any complaints against any resident of the village.
On January 18, 250 Bengal-origin Muslim residents of his village were informed that Basumatary, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing, had filed objections to the Election Commission, asking their names to be taken off the voter roll of Ranganadi Assembly constituency.
But Basumatary denied doing so. “How could I doubt the people of my own village?” he told Scroll. “They have been living here since my grandfather's time. I have known them since my childhood. I know all of them. We have grown up together. How can I doubt their citizenship?”
A special revision of electoral rolls is on in Assam, ahead of the Assembly elections this year.
The first draft of the state’s voter roll was published on December 27, after a door-to-door verification by booth level officers. This was followed by the claims and objections process, when voters get the opportunity to flag anyone they believe should not be on the voter list.
As Scroll reported on Thursday, in several Muslim-majority districts and areas of Assam, bulk objections...
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