Tharoor Urges India to Rethink or Abandon Voter Roll Revision

India is checking its voter lists in an exercise called the Special Intensive Revision.

Shashi Tharoor says the check may remove or question too many real voters.

He points to Delhi, where millions of voters were reportedly flagged.

He also says many problems may come from computer mistakes or misspelled names.

In West Bengal, many reviewed deletions were reportedly reversed.

Tharoor worries that ordinary people may not have enough time or help to fix mistakes.

He also questions whether schoolteachers should decide important questions about voter records.

He says cleaning voter lists can be useful, but the process should be changed or stopped if it wrongly takes away people’s voting rights.