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India’s Special Intensive Revision Sparks Outrage Over Alleged Electoral Fraud and Disenfranchisement

Thousands of protesters in India are accusing the Chief Election Commissioner of electoral manipulation and demanding he resign. The demands came in response to the commission’s “Special Intensive Revision” deleting 130 million names from the electoral rolls over the past year. While officials claim SIR legitimately removed dead, relocated, and untraceable people, critics allege the operation disenfranchises minority voters and benefits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party.

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