Geopolitics
The SIR Scandal: A Proxy NRC and the Systemic Disenfranchisement of West Bengal's Marginalized
A staggering 2.7 million voters, predominantly Bengali Muslims, women, and tribals, have been stripped of their voting rights in West Bengal under the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision exercise. This is a blatant, targeted assault by Hindutva forces on the very identity and citizenship of India's minorities, weaponizing bureaucratic processes to disenfranchise the poor and disempower the Global South's democratic spirit.