Dossier
electoral roll
Coverage of electoral roll in the Nexus archive.
- SIR begins in Jharkhand with door-to-door visit of BLOs
SIR (Survey of India Roll) has begun in Jharkhand through door-to-door visits by BLOs. The Jharkhand CEO emphasized the process is participatory and transparent, with audits at every stage and provisions for appeals.
- Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll
Millions of people in West Bengal, India, have been removed from the electoral roll ahead of a critical state election, with experts highlighting disproportionate impacts on Muslims and other minorities. Critics describe the action as a 'bloodless political genocide,' with 9.1 million names deleted, including 2.7 million who challenged their removal but were still stripped of their vote.