By Arpan Chaturvedi and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - India's verification exercise of its nearly one billion voters has sparked protests across the country, with opposition parties alleging the removal of 130 million names from electoral rolls has unfairly benefited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party.

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Election Commission of India (ECI) has made news lately due to the demonstrations against SIR (Special Intensive Revision) drive conducted by ECI all across India. The political parties and voter groups have raised voices against the deletion of voters' names from the electoral list without any prior notice and field verification of those citizens.

Vote counting is still underway in India’s 2024 Lok Sabha election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance has yet to secure the 272 seats needed for a parliamentary majority,

The outcome is a stunning blow for Modi, who had predicted his party and its allies would capture more than two-thirds of all seats in this election. The opposition bloc spearheaded by the Indian National Congress performed far better than predicted with its appeal to voters who felt left out of India’s growth story.