印度民众抗议选举委员会。——法新社报道 在一家报纸揭露全国选民名单修订过程中存在不当行为后，印度选举委员会正面临越来越大的压力。
Indian men protesting against Indian election commission. — AFP India's election commission is facing mounting pressure after a newspaper investigation alleged misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision.
《印度快报》上月报道称，在这次大规模选民名单修订行动中，有数百万人的名字被从候选名单中删除，而与此相关的关键决策很可能并未获得三位委员中两位委员的批准。
Indian Express alleged last month that key decisions linked to the large-scale revision exercise — which has seen millions of names removed from draft voter rolls — were likely taken without the approval of two of the three election commissioners.
作为宪法规定的机构，印度选举委员会坚决否认这些指控，称其所有决策均经一致通过且符合法律规定。
The Election Commission of India (ECI), a constitutional body, has rejected the allegations. It says all its decisions were unanimous and legally valid.
反对党则声称，大量合法选民被从名单中剔除，目的就是为了让总理莫迪领导的执政党获益。
Opposition parties say legitimate voters are being struck off to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.
自相关报道发布以来，要求选举委员会主席贾内什·库马尔下台的抗议活动愈演愈烈。预计周六在首都新德里举行的示威活动将吸引大批民众参与。
Protests demanding that commission chief Gyanesh Kumar step down have grown since the report, with a demonstration in the capital New Delhi on Saturday expected to draw large crowds.
对于正在第三届任期内执政的76岁的莫迪而言，这些指控构成了新的挑战——今年7月的学生抗议活动就曾迫使教育部长辞职。以下是此次抗议事件涉及的主要争议点：争议的核心是什么？
The allegations are a fresh challenge for 76-year-old Modi, in his third term in office, following student protests in July that forced the education minister to resign. Here is a rundown of the major issues at stake in the latest protest: What's the controversy?
报道指出，自2025年启动选民名单特别集中修订工作以来，选举委员会内部便分歧不断。
reported that the poll body has been riven by internal disagreements since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter lists began in 2025.
报道称，过去10个月里，三位委员中有两位多次对修订过程中的关键决策正式提出异议，次数超过十次。
It said two of the ECI's three commissioners formally lodged objections more than a dozen times in the last 10 months over key SIR decisions.
按照规定，选举委员会的三名委员需通过一致同意或多数票才能作出决策。为何会引发民众愤怒？
Decisions by the three-member poll body should be taken by consensus or a majority. Why has it sparked anger?
选举委员会称，此次修订旨在识别那些通过欺诈手段获得选民资格的人，并防止“外国非法移民”参与投票。
The poll body says the exercise identifies fraudulentlyed voters and aims to prevent "foreign illegal immigrants" from casting ballots.
批评者则认为，这一举措对边缘化群体及少数族裔造成了不成比例的影响。
Critics say the drive has disproportionately affected marginalised and minority communities.
莫迪领导的印度教民族主义政党印度人民党（BJP）成员长期以来一直声称，大量来自邻国孟加拉国的无证穆斯林移民以欺诈手段进入了印度的选民名册。有多少人被排除在外？
Members of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have long alleged that large numbers of undocumented Muslim migrants from neighbouring Bangladesh have fraudulently entered India's electoral rolls. How many are excluded?
根据印度媒体援引的选举委员会数据，超过1.33亿个名字已从初步选民名册中剔除。
According to election commission data cited by Indian media, more than 133 million names have been excluded from draft rolls.
这大约相当于墨西哥的人口规模，而在这个世界第一人口大国，这约占选民总数的15%。被排除的名单中包括重复条目以及已确认死亡的人员。
That's roughly the population of Mexico and, in the world's most populous nation, adds up to about 15% of the electorate. The exclusions include duplicate entries and people found to have died.
不过，最终被排除的选民人数只有在处理完申诉和异议并公布最终名册后才能明确。抗议规模有多大？
The final count of excluded voters, however, will only be clear after claims and objections are processed and final rolls are published. How big are the protests?
数千人已走上街头抗议，由青年领导的网络“蟑螂人民党”（CJP）运动于10月2日在孟买发起了新一轮示威。
Thousands have taken to the streets in protest, and the youth-led online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement launched fresh demonstrations on October 2 in Mumbai.
反对党国大党在德里举行了集会，其主要领导人拉胡尔·甘地分别在周二和周三被短暂拘留。
The opposition Congress Party has rallied in New Delhi, with key leader Rahul Gandhi briefly detained on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
CJP在社交媒体上拥有数百万粉丝，今年7月曾成功发起运动，迫使教育部长因考试制度违规而下台。
The CJP, which has millions of followers on social media, succeeded in its campaign to oust the education minister in July over irregularities in exam systems.
该运动呼吁周六再进行一次“大规模动员”，并得到了左翼政党学生团体的支持。
The movement has called for another "mass mobilisation" on Saturday, supported by student groups aligned with left-wing parties.
“上次我们团结起来时，一名内阁部长不得不辞职，”学生领袖尼哈·博拉说，她已成为最新抗议活动的代表人物之一。
"Last time when we got together, it was a cabinet minister who had to resign," said Neha Bora, a student leader who has emerged as one of the faces of the latest protests.
“这一次，我们将看到首席选举专员（CEC）被赶下台。”库马尔是谁？库马尔现年62岁，是印度精英行政管理局的退休公务员。他于去年2月出任选举委员会主席，任期至2029年1月。
"This time, we will see the CEC (chief election commissioner) being ousted." Who is Kumar? Kumar, 62, is a retired civil servant from the elite Indian Administrative Service. He took charge as election commission chief in February last year and is due to remain in office until January 2029.
库马尔的公务员生涯始于印度南部的喀拉拉邦，该邦政府本月已就涉及他、可追溯至2006年的腐败指控展开调查。法院怎么说？最高法院已命令政府及选举机构解释与选民名单修订相关的决定。法院还审查了此次修订行动的合法性。
Kumar's civil services journey began in the southern state of Kerala, whose government launched a probe this month into corruption allegations involving him dating back to 2006. What do the courts say? The Supreme Court has ordered the government and election body to explain decisions linked to the voter-roll revision. The legality of the revision exercise has also been examined by the court.
今年5月，法院允许选举委员会推进这项全国性行动，同时要求采取保障措施以保护有资格投票的选民。下周还将举行另一次听证会。
In May, it allowed the election commission to proceed with the nationwide exercise, while calling for safeguards to protect eligible voters. Another hearing is due next week.