“Therefore, a person originally belonging to Tamil Nadu, but is ordinarily residing in Delhi, is entitled to be registered as an elector in Delhi. Similarly, a person originally belonging to Bihar, but is ordinarily residing in Chennai, is entitled to be registered as an elector in Chennai,” EC said in a post on X. It said there is “no need” for political leaders to “spread false information with respect to the SIR exercise being conducted by EC at the national level.”It has come to the notice of the ECI that such information is being deliberately peddled in the media with a view to obstruct the exercise. As far as voters who have permanently shifted from Bihar to other states and are ordinarily resident in those states, the exact figures can be known only after the SIR has been conducted,” it said.The Constitution, read with the RP Act 1950, envisages enrollment of voters with respect to the constituency in which they are ordinarily resident.It is for the voters to come forward and get enrolled in the constituency where they are eligible, it said.”But, it is noticed that some false figures are being floated about the enrollment of 6.5 lakh voters in Tamil Nadu. SIR has not yet been rolled out in TN It is therefore absurd to connect the SIR exercise in Bihar with TN,” it underlined.
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