Uttarakhand: The Referendum Commission of India wants to update the Voter List (SIR) in Uttarakhand soon. But the waffly population patterns now emerging—including the number of Nepali daughters-in-law, migration from the state, and geographical shifts in the population—have made the process extremely complex.
Many villages are empty and difficult to contact
In the last few years, people from many hill areas of Uttarakhand have moved to the cities and outside. This migration has reverted the voter wiring wideness the state. Now referendum officials are rented finding those people who are now living in the municipality or have gone out part-time.
Many villages have wilt “ghost villages”—where the people who were previously recorded no longer live. In such a situation, it is not easy to update the voting list and trammels the “real voter.”
Nepali daughters-in-law and questions to be filed
The Referendum Commission says women whose maternal home is Nepal—i.e., foreign daughters-in-law—will have to re-verify their write and identity in the list. In some cases, it will have to be proved whether they unquestionably participated in Uttarakhand or whether they are registered as voters or not. Because of this, social sensitivity is moreover coming to the fore. For many people this identity or paper twist will emerge, which will have to be washed-up carefully.
The municipality and plain areas are moreover not self-ruling from challenges
Some constituencies in the plains have seen a sudden increase of up to 70% in voter numbers in the last decade. This will enable the Booth Level Workers (BLOs) and the Referendum Commission to find out how many genuine voters there are in the increased number, who has gone out, and where to update the voter list. This work is as important as it is complex.
Will confirmation of property documents and maternal write be sufficient?
Among the women who will have to provide their maternal or in-laws' write during SIR, daughters-in-law who have come from Nepal will moreover have to provide documents. The Commission is saying that this is not a matter of citizenship but of verification of the voter list. But this issue, related to people's sense of maintaining identity, identity, and social status, is sensitive.
Changing picture of Uttarakhand—challenges and future
Migration, waffly population, vacant homes in marginal areas, and social change—all are waffly the image of Uttarakhand, which was older known for hill villages, natural beauty, and continuously settled communities.
Now the Referendum Commission will have to work with this waffly reality while updating the voter list. This rencontre is not just an legalistic process—it can moreover stupefy the political identity and social structure of the state
