
My Bengali cook mentioned it's "mandatory" to travel to Bengal from Bangalore for voting, or else they lose their ration. If workers are marked absent during home visits for SIR, their names are being deleted or put "under adjudication." For many, the voter list is the primary proof of residence. If you're deleted, you lose access to ration cards and welfare schemes. In West Bengal, deletion can lead to "D-voter" (Doubtful) status, risking your citizenship status. Thousands of migrants are spending half their monthly salary on emergency travel and might even be losing their jobs because they have to appear in person for multiple verification hearings. It's a desperate attempt to protect their identity and their family's food security.










