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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote
Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls
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The High Court opined that he should be granted bail as he has been in jail since 2014 and the trial is not close to completion
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