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’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streets

’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streets

Anger at electoral roll changes has boiled over, sparking a crisis for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government Born into a small village in West Bengal, Shahida Fakir had always taken her vote for granted. That was, until it was suddenly taken away.

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