In January, thousands of Muslim voters in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, began receiving phone calls from booth level officers responsible for the updation of the electoral roll as part of the special intensive revision being carried out by the Election Commission of India.
The voters were informed that someone had filed an objection against their inclusion in the voter list. In many cases, the targeted voters had been living at the same address for decades. Many were from families whose presence in Indore dated back generations.
Who then had filed objections against them and why? And what does this have to do with the Bharatiya Janata Party?
Watch our ground report to find out.
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