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In the Bhoomiheen Camp in South Delhi, at least 4,000 families are prepared to go to vote in their home districts as return train tickets are being provided free of charge. The elections are scheduled to be held on April 26. Geeta Talukdar from Burdwan district said her tickets were booked and delivered to her two weeks ago. "We have been working in Delhi for 12 years now, but every time there is an election, we go back to our village to vote and are provided free train tickets to do this," Talukdar said. Talukdar said there were at least a hundred families from her neighbourhood who would soon journey to West Bengal to vote. "We all stay in Delhi in rented houses in jhuggi clusters and we have no identity proof here. So we have to vote in our state," Talukdar said. According to Anand Laha, who drives an autorickshaw, most migrants in the camp were daily-wage labourers or domestic helps. "We come here with our families for better opportunities. The men usually find work as drivers, cleaners or construction labourers, while the women primarily work in residential colonies," Laha said. CPM Central Committee Member, Nilotpal Basu said, "Delhi has lakhs of migrant labourers from West Bengal working in several sectors. But their roots run deep and they return religiously to vote for every election — be it local, Assembly or Parliament."
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