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Noorjehan Shaikh, 46, never missed an election. But #Maharashtra’s draft electoral roll marked her “permanently shifted” though she submitted an #SIR form & received an acknowledgement “Public pareshaan hai,” she told Kavitha Iyer 🧵 👇 1/6 article-14.com/post/in-a-mu...

Nackson Natke, 67, never missed an election. His name dropped from the draft roll, he was asked to fill Form 6 for new voters, with a declaration that the applicant was never registered “They asked me to cross that out and sign” 2/6

“Do they want to label us Bangladeshi?” Arifa Bibi has lived in Mumbai for 32 years. Her son’s name was marked “absent” despite the family submitting their #SIR forms together 3/6

Irfan Akram Khan, 35, is an orphan. His parents’ names deleted from earlier rolls and no grandparents’ records to rely on, the deletion of his name has made him anxious “As an orphan, what proves my identity now?” 4/6