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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Arpan Rai

India’s opposition leader hosts ‘dead’ voters alleging rigging in upcoming state elections

At a sprawling bungalow in the heart of the Indian capital, several “dead” voters gather around a table to drink tea with the country’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.

“I heard you are not alive any more,” Gandhi asks Ramikbal Ray, a resident from the eastern state of Bihar. Ramikbal confirms with a wry smile that he has been “declared dead despite being alive.”

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