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Jayapal Raises Alarm Over India’s Removal of 130 Million Voters

By Drooid · Oct 15, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC · How we work

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) voiced concern over India’s removal of 130 million voter names from draft rolls.
Jayapal said she supports non-violent protests by Indians against the alleged anti-democratic voter purge.
Her remarks were the first by a U.S. lawmaker on the Indian voter-roll deletions.
The Election Commission said 7.2 crore names were removed in the first two phases and 6.16 crore in the third.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) voiced concern over India’s removal of 130 million voter names from draft rolls.
Jayapal said she supports non-violent protests by Indians against the alleged anti-democratic voter purge.
Her remarks were the first by a U.S. lawmaker on the Indian voter-roll deletions.
The Election Commission said 7.2 crore names were removed in the first two phases and 6.16 crore in the third.