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Shivakumar urges ‘Quit Vote Chori’ movement against vote theft
Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has called for a nationwide 'Quit Vote Chori' movement to stop the alleged theft of votes in India, reports Deccan Herald. Speaking at a Congress event on…
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Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has called for a nationwide 'Quit Vote Chori' movement to stop the alleged theft of votes in India, reports Deccan Herald. Speaking at a Congress event on Sunday, he claimed the ongoing Special Summary Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka is attempting to delete 1 crore voters. He argued that without voting rights, people cannot access government schemes, citing Bihar's policy of linking benefits to voter status.
The Indian Opinion
Shivakumar's alarm over voter deletion fits a familiar pattern of pre-election anxiety, but the charge needs hard proof. The Election Commission's SIR process has legal safeguards; indiscriminately calling it 'vote theft' risks undermining trust in democratic institutions. The real test will be whether the final rolls show a net loss or merely clean-up of duplicate entries. Who will produce the data to settle this?
Source: deccanherald.com
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