Journalist's Passport Renewal Stalled Due to SIR Voter Roll Deletion

Former Telegraph editor R. Rajagopal's passport renewal has stalled for 100 days after his name was deleted from West Bengal's electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision process. Despite submitting documents, police verification failed. He missed his daughter's wedding in San Francisco. Rajagopal highlighted that nearly 27 lakh residents faced similar exclusions. MPs and senior journalists criticized the erosion of citizenship rights and mainstream media silence.