‘Paranoia and fear’: Owaisi slams Centre over SIR, alleges exercise may create ‘permanent class of excluded Indians’

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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticizes the Election Commission's voter list revision, fearing it could disenfranchise Muslims, women, migrants, and the poor, creating "excluded Indians." He alleges the exercise, which has already removed millions, is a precursor to identifying illegal immigrants. T