26 Assam Muslim women on ‘D-voter’ list move SC

The petitioners, 24 of whom are from Bheragaon in Barpeta district which has a Muslim population of over 70%, alleged that Tahmina, followed by 25 other women petitioners, had filed an application in 2019 under the Right to Information Act seeking a copy of the report on the basis of which they were marked as D-voters after failing to elicit any information from other authorities for years.The petitioners, 24 of whom are from Bheragaon in Barpeta district which has a Muslim population of over 70%, alleged that Tahmina, followed by 25 other women petitioners, had filed an application in 2019 under the Right to Information Act seeking a copy of the report on the basis of which they were marked as D-voters after failing to elicit any information from other authorities for years.