The Gauhati High Court has directed the Election Commission to debar disputed voters, also known as ‘D’ voters, from casting their ballots in the Assam Assembly elections. The court noted that ‘D’ voters, most of them illegal Bangladeshi migrants, will also include the persons whose names have appeared in the electoral rolls and whose cases are pending in various Foreigners’ Tribunals. The court asked the authorities concerned to act on a war footing to ensure that no doubtful or disputed voter can cast vote in the forthcoming polls in the State. According to the affidavit produced in the Court by the State Government, the total number of ‘D’ voters in Assam is 4,06,451. The High Court Judge B.K.Sharma issued the directions to the Election Commission and the State Government after hearing the case of Mameza Khatun versus Union of India and others.