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Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll

West Bengal, in part because of it does not have the backing of state’s sizeable Muslim population, who are wary of their Hindu nationalist agenda. In some Muslim-majority constituencies, almost half the voters

Muslims the target? Fury as millions lose voting rights in India’s Bengal

West Bengal shows that Muslims have been disproportionately affected by the SIR exercise, mainly in districts where they constitute a high percentage of the population and could sway the election, including Murshidabad with