US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says India’s efforts to remove or “purge” millions of voters from electoral rolls are “anti-democratic,” and she draws parallels to restrictive voting practices she associates with the Trump administration in the United States.
According to multiple reports, Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, publicly backed non-violent protests linked to the issue. The outlets describe her remarks as concern over the potential impact on voting rights, while also noting that she frames the developments in India as following a playbook she says has been used to undermine participation in a democracy elsewhere. One outlet refers to “13 crore” voters, while another characterizes the figure as “130 million,” reflecting differing numeric phrasing for the same scale of removals. Overall, the coverage focuses on her criticism and her expressed support for protest activity rather than on detailed policy mechanics of India’s actions.
