India in the wake of SIR will create two classes of Indians – those with voting rights and those disenfranchised. Yadav said the adjudication process, which left out over 2.7 million voters from the electoral rolls was a move targeting one particular community: Muslims. Negating the Election Commission and the BJP’s claims on “infiltrators” in Bengal’s voters rolls, Yadav produced data from the poll panel to poke holes in their argument. “The adult population of Bengal on the day the chief election commissioner announced the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls was 7.67 crore. The number of voters in the previous electoral rolls in Bengal was 7.66 crore.

Source: The Telegraph April 12, 2026 13:41 UTC