Living Protest: Bihar Man Declared 'Dead' Pleads for Identity Restoration

In Bihar's Bhojpur district, Mintu Paswan faces a bureaucratic blunder, declared dead in an electoral roll revision. Backed by CPI(ML) Liberation, his plight underscores systemic errors, as acknowledged by the Supreme Court in limited cases. The state official's mishap highlights ongoing voter registration anomalies.

A resident of Bihar's Bhojpur district, Mintu Paswan, approached the state's Chief Electoral Officer after bureaucratic errors declared him dead in official records.

With support from CPI(ML) Liberation, Paswan fought against a misclassification during a special revision of electoral rolls, leading to his wrongful exclusion from voter lists.

Despite the Supreme Court's involvement acknowledging the error in limited instances, electoral authorities remain under scrutiny for mishandling voter records, affecting Paswan and others.

(With inputs from agencies.)