The Wire Wrap | Disenfranchisement Threat in Assam 'Infiltrator' Crackdown, Modi's Degree No-Show
The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by The Wire's National Affairs Editor Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty and Delhi-based lawyer Shahrukh Alam.
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As thousands are displaced in eviction drives in Assam's crackdown on "infiltrators", chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has now said that the names of evicted people will be struck off voter rolls. Meanwhile, the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, is yet to be notified, but the Delhi high court on Monday (August 25) factored it in while setting aside a 2016 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) that directed the Delhi University to disclose information regarding the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bachelor degree, observing it as “personal information”.
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