Just read what Asaduddin Owaisi is saying about the voter lists and honestly,it’s quite worrying. He's claiming millions of Indians are being targeted and excluded from electoral rolls .
He pointed out that around 6.5 crore names were deleted across 13 states and union territories during this Special Intensive Revision (SIR) . That number is not small ah. It raises some serious questions about what is happening with voting rights .
And now Centre wants to form committee to study these exclusions,but Owaisi is criticizing this move heavily . He posted on ‘X’ that he believes this is step towards creating a permanent class of people who are disenfranchised.
And tbh,this is where his point hits hard.
He said, "The right to vote is the poor's only weapon against the powerful. Without it,the government will do what it pleases with them." He also mentioned that some people are apparently being denied government benefits because their names are missing from these rolls .
Few of his main arguments standing out:
- He claims the whole committee proposal is just fostering exclusion and paranoia,especially against Muslims .
- He says that most of the people being excluded are from marginalized communities only .
- He also pointed out how government scrutinizes citizens but avoids accountability itself.
But it gets even more strange . Owaisi highlighted that the government's own data shows a stable population and low total fertility rate of 2.0 . So he's asking why this kind of committee is even necessary if demographics are stable.
He also had this to say about all the paperwork, "This government loves making Indians waste their time on documentation... But it cannot conduct a simple exam properly." And you have to admit,that feeling is very common rn.
It feels like this isn't just a simple administrative issue . It's a huge political debate now about who gets to be a citizen with full rights and who gets left out. Deletions under SIR don't mean loss of citizenship,but for people on ground,it creates so much confusion and fear.
So many people just… gone from lists. What happens to them now,and how do they even begin to fight this…
