In just ten months, two election commissioners objected 14 times to decisions related to SIRs. At Scroll, we have covered extensively, how SIR has changed election outcomes, people's lives and has far wider impact than just names being deleted from voters' rolls. A thread:

An Adani firm saw a 200% jump in profits in 2022. This astronomical rise came as it supplied various state or central-owned electricity generation companies. And all this was linked to a mandate by the Power Ministry. scroll.in/article/1096068/ho… Shreegireesh Jalihal reports

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What director Jayant Rohatgi does well is craft touching moments around an ordinary, middle-class heroine, who is nobody’s idea of a champion, willing her mocked body to glory. Read #SumoDidi's full review: scroll.in/reel/1096491/sumo-…

Delhi Police stopped a march under the banner of ‘People Against SIR’ near Bangla Sahib. Protestors sat on the road and continued their agitation. @priyali_dhingra reports

Given India’s “layer upon layer of distress and cruelty,” the liberation of spirit had to arrive as “rage and revolt... India was now a country of a million little mutinies.” scroll.in/article/1096259/wa… Bhopinder Singh ✍️

Protestors gather near Bangla Sahib Gurdwara in central Delhi to march towards the Election Commission of India office to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner #GyaneshKumar. @priyali_dhingra reports

The inspections uncovered violations, including unhygienic kitchens and drainage systems, rusted racks and utensils, incomplete temperature records, workers without medical certificates and the use of unauthorised food colours in sweets. Read more: scroll.in/latest/1096599/fda…

The court must consider what legal power permits the state to prevent a protest before it has begun and what evidence is required to justify using it. scroll.in/article/1096330/sc… Sarthak Gupta  & Prannv Dhawan ✍️

"The Golmaal-type humour ensures that intelligence, in the general sense, is low on both sides of the border. In between the fast-moving and eventful kerfuffle, the film gives some of its actors a shot at memeland posterity," writes @nandiniramnath. Full review: scroll.in/reel/1096493/udta-… #UdtaTeer

“When I resisted being pushed inside the bus, a male cop groped my breasts and pushed me into the bus,” said a female protestor, who was detained. scroll.in/article/1096435/gr… “It was shocking. Being physically assaulted is one thing, sexual assault is completely different.” By Vaishnavi Rathore & Nolina Minj

In February 2021, the nephew of Ayodhya’s BJP mayor Rishikesh Upadhyaya bought a plot of land in the town for Rs 20 lakh. scroll.in/article/1095120/ay… Three months later, he sold the plot to the Ram temple trust for Rs 2.5 crore – 12 times the original price. Ayush Tiwari reports

“In the past few days, a situation arose where face-off happened at several locations in Arunachal and it still continues,” Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director General Shatrujeet Singh Kapur said at an event in Alwar, Rajasthan. Read more: scroll.in/latest/1096596/fac…

Lawyers told Scroll that these detentions were illegal and accused the Delhi Police of functioning outside the law to thwart protests. scroll.in/article/1096323/de… They questioned the manner in which the police had gone about detaining people far from Jantar Mantar, the spot where gatherings had been prohibited on Saturday. Anant Gupta reports

Cooperation would not require surrendering its independence. The Cockroach Janata Party can help with youth mobilisation, satire and digital communications, while Opposition parties provide legal expertise, parliamentary pressure and national networks. scroll.in/article/1096507/mo… By Ashok Swain

The SIR’s Bangladeshi rhetoric might have no proof to support it and, once we see the economic data, no logic either. But by using this Big Lie, it is able to shake up the very foundations of India’s democracy by threatening the right to vote. indiafix.stck.me/post/224860… By @ShoaibDaniyal

A food researcher explains that apart from the lack of visibility, where consumers don’t find local or traditional vegetables in the market, culinary confidence is also low when they encounter some of these lesser-known vegetables. scroll.in/article/1096351/di… ✍️Sharmila Vaidyanathan Via @MongabayIndia

Families in Indian cities and towns spend more on education and related costs than their rural counterparts. Until middle school, spending in urban areas is nearly three times that in rural areas. scroll.in/article/1092310/co… ✍️Vijay Jadhav Via IndiaSpend

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Due to the lack of water, some farmers in the state have decided not to sow the post-monsoon rabi crop. This will further hurt agricultural production and their income. scroll.in/article/1096534/as… Residents fear that the winter months might be even worse, Tabassum Barnagarwala reports