New Delhi: Aanganwadi workers will be present at all polling booths in Bihar during the upcoming Assembly polls to help verify the identity of burqa-clad voters, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Monday.

Responding to a question about ghungat and burqa clad women during a press conference for the announcement of the Bihar election schedule, Kumar said there are clear guidelines of the Election Commission about the verification of identity inside polling booths and they will be strictly followed.

\"Our anganwadi workers will be deployed at all polling booths for verifying the identity of burqa-clad women. The guidelines of the commission are very clear about this -- that how identity is verified inside a polling station and they will be strictly followed,\" he said.

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