Process disenfranchising millions, turning them to second class citizens is arbitrary, says Justice Bhuyan
The Supreme Court judge says no amount of whataboutery can justify the exclusion of voters en masse from the electoral rolls as such an action is fatal to the Constitution
Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan recently spoke out against the disenfranchisement of millions of voters, asserting that such a process is arbitrary and violates both universal adult suffrage and the right to equality. During a recent address at NALSAR in Hyderabad, Justice Bhuyan emphasized that no amount of "whataboutery" could justify the exclusion of millions from the electoral rolls, as it is fundamentally at odds with the Constitution.
He stated that the right to vote is not merely a statutory right, but a constitutional right that is deeply intertwined with the Basic Structure of the Constitution. Justice Bhuyan urged that the Constitution does not permit two classes of citizens – those with voting rights and those without – and that any process leading to the wholesale disenfranchisement of Indian citizens would be a grave affront to the nation's democratic principles.
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