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Flawed by design, exclusionary in impact

Reported by The Hindu 9 Oct 2026, 1:00 am IST 1 min read

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The Gyanesh Kumar-led Election Commission of India, emboldened by a deferential Supreme Court judgment, has already disenfranchised lakhs of genuine electors through its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and risks excluding many more

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Section: India
Topics: Elections, Courts & law
First reported by: The Hindu
Published: Friday, 9 October 2026, 1:00 am IST
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