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Election Commission’s Data on Bengal SIR Appeals Is Designed to Confuse. Here’s How.

The ‘inclusion’ number mentioned in the EC’s RTI reply doesn’t only count those who were deleted and have successfully appealed. It also appears to include those who someone else tried to have struck off the list, but did not succeed.

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