Who has the right to decide whether you get to vote? In this explainer, Teesta Setalvad breaks down the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka and examines the serious concerns surrounding the exercise. More than one crore voters were left out of Karnataka’s draft electoral roll.
Questions have emerged over the mapping of voters against older electoral records, the burden of proving eligibility, bulk Form 7 applications seeking deletions, and reports of election officials generating deletion applications without citing reasons.
Who is being struck off India’s electoral rolls, and on what grounds? Find out in the video. Watch, understand and share.
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