Tag: citizenship verification
For 24 Years, He Guarded India’s Borders—Now He’s Standing In Line To Prove He’s A Citizen
At a hearing centre, elderly residents, families and a retired Army jawan queue for SIR scrutiny, facing missing records, paperwork hurdles and fear of exclusion while officials verify electoral histories
SIR in Bengal | They Voted for Decades, Now They Must Prove They Are Indian
Elderly voters in Bengal face citizenship hearings due to faulty voter list digitisation, as Special Intensive Revision triggers mass deletions nationwide while Assam avoids exclusions through a different Election Commission process