India’s revolt against disenfranchisement
Some 130 million names have been struck off India’s electoral roll. The official aim is to remove dead and ineligible voters, but millions say they’ve been wrongly disenfranchised,…
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Some 130 million names have been struck off India’s electoral roll. The official aim is to remove dead and ineligible voters, but millions say they’ve been wrongly disenfranchised, and Muslims have been disproportionately affected. The Gen Z cockroach movement, student groups and opposition parties have taken to the streets, and the state has responded with intense repression. Civic space restrictions have intensified under Narendra Modi’s autocratic rule, and now the…
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