Kolkata, Jan 3 || The Election Commission of India (ECI) 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.
Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that these "aboriginal tribes" or "primitive tribes", whose voters will be automatically enlisted in the final voters' list without furnishing any supporting identity documents, 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 (BDOs) to provide details of the voters from these three aboriginal tribes in their respective areas.
"In case any voter from any of these three aboriginal tribes does not have the scheduled tribe certificate, the district administration will issue him or her the certificate on an emergency basis," sources in the CEO's office said.