Hyderabad, June 28 -- All India Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of "secretly implementing" the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bihar prior to the forthcoming Assembly elections.

He alleged that new voter registration guidelines requiring elaborate birth papers are discriminatory and can result in en masse disenfranchisement of voters, especially the poor and marginalized.

In an X post, Owaisi stated, "The Election Commission is implementing NRC in Bihar through the backdoor. To get registered in the voter roll, every citizen will now need to produce documents not just establishing when and where they were born, but also when and wh...