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The selective solidarity at the heart of India’s voter protests
The opposition is fighting voter exclusion without confronting the discrimination Muslims warned about in 2019.
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Opposition parties, students, and farmers across India are protesting a sweeping revision of electoral rolls that has removed about 130 million names. They demand the restoration of the old voter lists and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The revision, called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India, requires voters to prove eligibility, often through old documents. The protests highlight concerns that the SIR may disproportionately affect certain communities, a discrimination issue raised by Muslims in 2019.
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