India
729 Bela Estate voters deleted, panel hears
The Indian Express··1d ago
A resident told the LAFC inquiry commission on Thursday that all but one of 729 Bela Estate voters were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision. Kamal Lal said residents filed 496 inclusion applications that were not processed. Voters from six states testified at a Delhi hearing led by former judges on the revision's validity. The Election Commission sent no representative.
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What It Means For You
- Deleted voters in listed settlements must use Form 6 or tribunal routes named in testimony.
- Rajasthan witnesses said 41.85 lakh names were removed while local polls used an older roll.
- West Bengal groups told the panel Muslims and women were disproportionately affected.
What's Happening
- Former MP Tarun Mandal said his name was deleted despite submitting documents.
- Eddelu Karnataka cited an independent survey finding only 7 percent understood BLO training.
- Justice Angana Prakash said first-person accounts matter beyond publicly available data.
What SIR Is
- The Special Intensive Revision is the nationwide roll cleanup exercise under challenge.
- Civil society groups said current rules went beyond 2002 age and residence checks.
- The commission is headed by former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur.
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