
几个月前,针对大学考试丑闻的大规模街头抗议导致印度教育部长辞职后,首相纳伦德拉·莫迪的政府正面临一波新的示威浪潮,他们抗议的是一个更具争议性的问题:投票权。
Months after massive street protests over a university exam scandal forced the resignation of India’s education minister, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is facing a fresh wave of demonstrations over an even more contentious issue: the right to vote.
去年,印度的选举主管机构启动了一项全国范围内清理选民名单的广泛计划,辩称这一举措是为了维护选举诚信,例如删除欺诈或已故的选民。
Last year, India’s election authority embarked on a sweeping program to clean up voter lists across the country, arguing the move was required to preserve electoral integrity by, for instance, removing fraudulent or deceased voters.