Watch: Gyanesh Kumar Row: How did the ECI delete 13 crore voters during the SIR | Insight India

More than 13 crore names have been struck off draft electoral rolls across 30 States and Union Territories since the Election Commission of India began the Special Intensive Revision in June 2025. The exercise has triggered protests and renewed scrutiny of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In this episode, Sonikka Loganathan speaks to Srinivasan Ramani, Senior Associate Editor at The Hindu, about the key issues that led to these many deletions, what the data tells us about who is being deleted and the constitutionality of this exercise. Published - October 10, 2026 04:00 pm IST