'Cutting 130m voters unacceptable': Shashi Tharoor targets EC amid INDIA bloc's rally

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticized the Election Commission for allegedly removing 130 million voters from electoral rolls, calling it an unacceptable violation of constitutional rights. The removal of such a large number of voters, Tharoor argued, equates to cutting out 15% of the Indian adult population, which he deemed unacceptable.

The Congress leader, along with several other INDIA bloc leaders, is set to participate in a rally at Ramlila Maidan, where they will demand a clean election register and express their concerns over the large-scale deletion of voter names. The political confrontation over electoral roll revisions has been marked by accusations from both the ruling and opposition sides, with the opposition accusing the Election Commission of large-scale voter deletions, while the ruling side has accused the opposition of using democracy to create unrest and destabilize the government.

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