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For India's disenfranchised, voter roll cuts is about more than elections

NPR | By Diaa Hadid
Published October 21, 2026 at 2:42 AM MDT

India is plunged into political crisis after 130 million names were struck off voter rolls during a massive revision.

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Diaa Hadid
Diaa Hadid has covered South Asia and Afghanistan from NPR's bureau in Mumbai since October 2023. She previously spent 6 years in NPR's Islamabad bureau, where she covered Pakistan and Afghanistan. Her favorite stories are about people and moments that capture the complexity of the places she covers.
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