Millions excluded from voter rolls in a move to allegedly help ultra-right-wing ruling party win elections - MR Online
mronline.org
The Election Commission of India struck out the names of over 9 million voters, mostly belonging to minority Muslims, just before the legislative assembly elections in the country’s eastern state of West Bengal.

Left parties staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Kolkata, protesting large-scale irregularities in the recently published voter list and demanding the protection of people’s voting rights. Photo: CPI (M)

The Election Commission of India struck out the names of over 9 million voters, mostly belonging to minority Muslims, just before the legislative assembly elections in the country’s eastern state of West Bengal.

From MR Online via This RSS Feed.