The Supreme Court has ruled that removal of a person's name from the electoral roll does not mean loss of Indian citizenship. Here's what the court said about the Election Commission's powers and the legal distinction between voting rights and citizenship.

New Delhi: The debate surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has taken an interesting political turn, with opposition parties governing states such as Punjab and Karnataka reportedly supporting the process, while concerns are increasingly being voiced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in certain contexts.

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