Millions in India’s Bengal risk losing welfare benefits after vote deletion
News|FoodMillions in India’s Bengal risk losing welfare benefits after vote deletionA controversial revision of electoral rolls removed millions of names. In West Bengal, a state that borders Muslim-majority Bangladesh, the SIR was defended by Modi’s government as a means to remove “infiltrators” or “illegal” Bangladeshi migrants. While his case is pending before a tribunal, he has been asked by the authorities to submit more documents in order to receive his PDS benefits.But as a daily-wage labourer on railway construction projects, his work needs him to move wherever contractors assign projects.
- ▪News|FoodMillions in India’s Bengal risk losing welfare benefits after vote deletionA controversial revision of electoral rolls removed millions of names.
- ▪In West Bengal, a state that borders Muslim-majority Bangladesh, the SIR was defended by Modi’s government as a means to remove “infiltrators” or “illegal” Bangladeshi migrants.
- ▪While his case is pending before a tribunal, he has been asked by the authorities to submit more documents in order to receive his PDS benefits.But as a daily-wage labourer on railway construction projects, his work needs him to move wherev
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News|FoodMillions in India’s Bengal risk losing welfare benefits after vote deletionA controversial revision of electoral rolls removed millions of names. Now, the new BJP government in West Bengal state says they are not eligible for government aid.ListenListen (10 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoA polling officer checks the voter list before elections in West Bengal state, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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