The Commission has done no undue favour to the few lakhs of very unfortunate people who should not have been pejoratively termed as 'Biharies' in the first place, because they are no more so but are Bangladeshis. Because, according to a survey 90 percent of them have not only wished to stay in this country as loyal Bangladeshis and get enlisted in the voters list but also the honorable High Court has already given judgment to include them in the normal voters list just as any other citizen of this country.

One cannot miss to recall the fact that the partition of the British India long fifty nine years ago in 1947 obviously made the earlier generation of these so-called 'Biharies' migrate from many parts of the British India. Once again, in the aftermath of 1971 in Bangladesh, mainly due to follies of some self-styled leaders who labeled themselves as "Stranded Pakistanis", and agreed to stay in the so-called Geneva Camps in inhuman conditions, it became a disgrace for them as well as all of us.

These unfortunate human beings constitute, as at present, the second and third generation of those who migrated to this country in 1947 or immediately afterwards. Most of the so-called 'Biharies' have been born here after 1971, and hence Bangladeshi by birth. Our previous authorities and the Election Commission, in particular, were perhaps not right to forget about these people. However, this time in 2006, the Commission has rightly decided to include these people in the current voters' list. Should any refuse to include their name in the list, may well be left out. But as I can see, over 90 percent of them would be happy to get enlisted in the voters list to get rid of, the stigma of so-called 'Biharies' for good.