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- The Election Commission of India launched the Special Intensive Revision program in 2025 to update voter rolls by removing invalid or non-citizen voters.
- Internal documents reveal that two election commissioners filed 14 formal objections against the Chief Election Commissioner regarding unilateral decisions and software-driven deletions.
- Reports indicate that over 14 percent of registered voters have been removed from the rolls nationwide, with software errors cited as a primary factor in the exclusion of eligible citizens.
- Several civil society groups and opposition parties are now calling for the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner due to the scale of the removals.
What to watch next
- Ongoing investigations into ECI software errors and data integrity
- Supreme Court decisions regarding voter removal appeals
- Possible parliamentary or constitutional proceedings against the Chief Election Commissioner
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