Nobel laureate Amartya Sen voiced concerns over West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, saying the exercise is "being done in a hurry," further calling it an unjust to voters and a threat to democratic participation. He highlighted personal challenges with documentation and warned that the underprivileged and minority communities are most at risk of exclusion.
'Unjust to voters, unfair to democracy': Amartya Sen says 'SIR in Bengal done in hurry'
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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