1.35 crore male, 1.54 crore female voters deleted in S.I.R

Uttar Pradesh’s draft electoral roll shows the gender ratio falling from 877 to 824 females per 1,000 males after the first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Ranwa said 2.89 crore names were deleted, including 1.54 crore female voters—around 20 lakh more than male deletions.