Across India, opposition parties, students and farmers are protesting against a sweeping revision of electoral rolls that has removed some 130 million names. They are demanding the restoration of the old voter lists and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) – as the Election Commission of India (ECI) calls the exercise – requires voters to prove their eligibility, often through old documents. Six years ago, Muslims took to the streets to warn that making citizenship dependent on such paperwork could leave millions vulnerable to exclusion, particularly Muslims. Their warnings were largely ignored.
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