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’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streets
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to India. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 02:09 UTC. The headline in use is “’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streets”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Anger at electoral roll changes has boiled over, sparking a crisis for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government Born into a small village in West Bengal, Shahida Fakir had always taken her vote for granted. That was, until it was suddenly taken away.
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’How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’ Why Indian voters are on the streets
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