India’s internal circular migrants are excluded from political representation and social protection, argues Indrajit Roy for Open Democracy.The number of internal migrants in India ranges between 30 and 100 million. They commonly work in guarded or fenced worksites away from their villages. Roy maintains that such migrants are unable to cast their vote either in their villages of origin or in the towns of their destination. Hence they remain disenfranchised, marginalised and excluded from political processes. 

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