Why India’s tens of millions of voter deletions have led to widespread protests

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Why India’s tens of millions of voter deletions have led to widespread protests

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India’s voter-roll verification exercise has removed about 130 million names, according to Election Commission data cited by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The deletions have prompted widespread protests over the scale and implications of removing voters from electoral rolls.

Election Commission data cited by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party shows about 130 million names, more than the population of Japan, have been deleted from ‌electoral rolls during the verification exercise.

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