From SIR to delimitation: Is India heading towards electoral autocracy?| Conversations with Nilanjan

In this episode of Conversations with Nilanjan, political activist and former election analyst Yogendra Yadav joins Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay for an in-depth discussion on the Supreme Court's verdict on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Yadav explains why he compares the ADR judgment to the historic ADM Jabalpur case of the Emergency era, examines the implications of voter deletions, and discusses claims that nearly 10 crore voters could ultimately be excluded from electoral rolls if the process were to expand nationwide. 00:03 – Opening context 02:24 – ADR judgment 05:59 – ADR implications 13:08 – Judiciary independence 19:55 – Electoral dominance 27:40 – Muslim exclusions 29:47 – Bengal election 36:18 – Delimitation 46:42 – Closing remarks #ConversationsWithNilanjan #YogendraYadav #SIR #Delimitation #ElectionCommission #SupremeCourt #WestBengal #Bihar ▶For the latest news and analysis - https://thefederal.com/  ▶RSS Feed - https://thefederal.com/google_feeds.xml ▶For more explainers, and interesting videos - https://thefederal.com/category/videos ▶To watch The Federal's shows listed together for your easy access, click here:    • The Federal Programmes   Follow The Federal News here - ▶Website: https://thefederal.com/ ▶Facebook:   / thefederal.india   ▶X: https://x.com/TheFederal_News ▶Instagram:   / thefederal_india   ▶LinkedIn:   / thefederal   ▶Whatsapp channel: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029... ▶Threads: TheFederal India (@thefederal_india) ▶Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fy3utP... #TheFederal #India #BreakingNews #LatestNews #News #Delhi #Mumbai #Parliament #NarendraModi #RahulGandhi #Politics #Business #Economy Download The Federal App here - ▶Android - http://bit.ly/3DJSkiu ▶iPhone - http://bit.ly/TheFederalios