Voter Deletions: Is India's 'Democratic Housekeeping' a Targeted Electorate Restructuring?

• Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) aims to 'purify' electoral rolls, but critics allege it targets marginalized voters.
• Bihar saw nearly four lakh names vanish, primarily among the poor and politically less desirable demographics.
• West Bengal's CM Mamata Banerjee challenged over a crore flagged entries and lakhs of unmapped voters in the Supreme Court.
• Banerjee accused SIR of being used for deletions and questioned its timing, implementation, and bias, especially in opposition-ruled states.
• The article suggests SIR, without safeguards, risks becoming a powerful 'unsubscribe button' in Indian democracy, impacting who gets to vote.