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No amount of whataboutery can justify mass disenfranchisement: SC judge amid SIR row

short by Ishaan Mukherjee / on Sunday, 4 October, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that taking away Indian citizens' voting rights on a large scale would reduce them to "second class citizens" and "strikes at the heart of Constitution". He said that any process that disenfranchises millions is intrinsically arbitrary and no amount of whataboutery can justify it. His remarks come amid controversy over SIR of electoral rolls.
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