Burqa-clad women voters in Bihar’s Darbhanga have expressed satisfaction with the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) rule to confirm the identity of voters having their faces covered, saying that this rule will prevent voter fraud and disallow people from voting in someone else’s name.

Amid the ongoing phase 1 elections of the Bihar assembly, multiple women at Darbhanga’s 140, 141, 142 number polling booths at Madhya Vidhyalaya, Zirat cast their vote earlier today. After exercising their rights, multiple women said that the ID confirmation is a welcome step by the ECI.

Rehana Khatun, one the voters told ANI that this rule will help curb “vote chori” (vote theft). Recalling the process. She recalled the process of her face being checked by women officials, and said that she is happy aft

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