How economist Surjit Bhalla cut through 13 crore voter deletions to find 70 lakh unexplained

Economist Surjit Bhalla estimates that around 70 lakh eligible voters may have been removed without explanation during the SIR, while arguing that most of the 13.37 crore draft-stage deletions were justified, as they included names of deceased voters, people who had relocated, duplicate entries and untraceable voters.

The debate over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has largely revolved around the staggering figure of 13 crore names removed. But how many of those deletions actually involved eligible voters who should ha... [7397 chars]