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The government itself fuels that suspicion: BJP minister Amit Shah (Home Affairs) said in December that the cleanup operation is intended to prevent “infiltrators” from choosing India’s prime minister, a term that is often used by the Hindu nationalist party to refer to Muslim immigrants. #India #Protesten #Kiesregister (translated)

The Indian authorities have tried to suppress a large youth protest in New Delhi by arresting about 5,000 participants and sealing off the city, following a controversial revision of the electoral register in which 130 million names were removed. #Jongerenprotest #India #Kiesrecht (translated)

India is preparing for a massive protest in New Delhi against the controversial cleanup of the voter register, in which around 130 million names have been deleted, which opponents say particularly adversely affects citizens from lower castes and religious minorities. #ProtestIndia #Kiesregister #ModiRegering (translated)