India drops 9m voters, or 10% of total, weeks before West Bengal poll
Politics
Deletion raises flags over electoral processes and data integrity
Activists from the Forum for the Protection of Voting Rights press up against a police barricade during a protest in Kolkata on March 28 against the Election Commission of India’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision that has struck millions of voters off West Bengal’s electoral rolls. © AP
NEW DELHI — India’s recent removal of roughly 9 million voters — more than 10% of the electorate — from the rolls in West Bengal state has raised concerns over transparency and data governance in the world’s largest democracy.
