Rights groups and opposition parties have filed legal challenges, claiming the exercise was a ‘mere trick to delete the names of genuine voters’.
India launched a revision of its voter rolls on Tuesday, expanding a contentious exercise that activists warn could fuel disenfranchisement in the world’s largest democracy.
The three-month voter registration overhaul – known as the Special Intensive Revision kicked off in 12 states and territories, many of which are slated to hold local elections next year.
