{
  "id": 10396646,
  "title": "Why India's first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen deleted lakhs of women from voter rolls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/why-indias-first-chief-election-commissioner-sukumar-sen-deleted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T07:31:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-indias-first-chief-election-commissioner-sukumar-sen-deleted-lakhs-of-women-from-voter-rolls-cec-gyanesh-kumar-101790571053386.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the early 1950s, India was preparing for its first election. When officials prepared the electoral rolls, around 28 lakh women were deliberately left out.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}