Tag: voter disenfranchisement
‘Excluded’ in My Own Land: An IIM Professor Demands Answers on Voter Purge
On Ambedkar Jayanti, Kolkata protest targets SIR as ‘Excluded’ voters like Nandita Roy question deletions, Sabir Ahamed flags patterns, and Faridul Islam’s emotional appeal underscores a growing citizenship
Milord, Bengal’s Real Polarisation Is People vs Commission
The Chief Justice of India slams Bengal's "polarisation" as Malda unrest grows. Is the real divide between the people and the Election Commission over AI-driven voter list deletions and SIR?
From Jadavpur to Park Circus: The Quiet, Multifaith Struggle Against New Forms of Disenfranchisement
While mass protests dominated 2019, 2026 presents a new, fragmented landscape of resistance. As "Special Intensive Revision" (SIR) raises fears of exclusion through paperwork, a cross-community movement from Jadavpur University to Park Circus suggests that solidarity is not dead—it has simply evolved.
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