Form-7 and the Quiet Engineering of Voter Exclusion in India
What began as a procedural tool to correct electoral rolls is now being accused of enabling mass, targeted deletions across multiple States. As the Special Intensive Revision unfolds, opposition parties and civil society groups warn that Form-7 is being weaponised to reshape electorates along political and communal lines. The controversy raises urgent questions about institutional neutrality, due process, and the future of India’s electoral democracy.
What began as a procedural tool to correct electoral rolls is now being accused of enabling mass, targeted deletions across multiple States. As the Special Intensive Revision unfolds, opposition parties and civil society groups warn that Form-7 is being weaponised to reshape electorates along political and communal lines. The controversy raises urgent questions about institutional neutrality, due process, and the future of India’s electoral democracy.
