In the BBC article headlined, “Political turmoil in Indian border state as nine million lose voting rights”, Bhattacharya pushed a border state panic narrative and framed the name deletions as a politically motivated “loss of voting rights” that could “shape state policies”. Staying true to the objective of the propaganda piece, the Kolkata-based ‘independent journalist’ emphasised on the imaginary targeting of Muslims.
Special Intensive Revision removed duplicate, shifted and unverifiable electors across states. Uttar Pradesh recorded the largest drop, followed by Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, as total electorate declined after additions during claims, objections and verification.