Awareness campaign against SIR flagged off in Shivamogga
A civil society group in Karnataka, India, has launched a campaign to protest the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Activists allege that the process is being used to unfairly delete the names of minorities and political opponents.
Why it matters
The integrity of electoral rolls is a fundamental component of democratic processes, and allegations of systematic exclusion are significant political concerns.
‘Eddelu Karnataka’ (wake up Karnataka), a civil society collective, launched an awareness campaign against the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Saturday.
The article focuses on the allegations made by activists against government processes, giving significant space to their claims of disenfranchisement.
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