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Framing voter deletions as steps to a “Hindu Rashtra” signals that excluded citizens are unwelcome.

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nitesh Rane, who handles the Fisheries and Ports Development portfolios, said that “SIR deletion” is a strong step towards “Hindu Rashtra.” When those in power start speaking of electoral deletions as a path to a particular vision of India, what does that mean for the people being deleted?