"What has happened in Bengal is a constitutional crime. It is a crime against the people of India, against the people of Bengal. This will go down as a scandal in the history of post-independence India."
"One person, one vote is a great right given to the Indian people by the Constitution. However poor you are, however helpless you are, you have that right to vote. But that has been snatched away."
In West Bengal, 9.1 million names have been removed from the electoral register, impacting over 10% of voters. While some deletions were for deceased individuals or duplicates, approximately 2.7 million people contested their removals without success. The Special Intensive Revision process, aimed at preventing illegal voting, has been criticized as a mass disenfranchisement of minorities, particularly Muslims. The Bharatiya Janata Party seeks to gain power in the upcoming elections, leading to accusations of a constitutional crime against the electorate.
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