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An on-ground report from Bela Estate on Yamuna Bank highlights the plight of residents following allegations by Rahul Gandhi that 727 voter names were cancelled. Residents state they have lived and voted permanently in the area across several decades, participating in elections from 1961 up to 2025. Despite holding requisite identification documents and submitting forms, hundreds of names have been removed under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise. Affected locals voiced apprehensions about losing their voting rights as well as access to essential government welfare schemes.

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00:00Meanwhile, India Today visited Yamuna Bank Bela estate. Rahul Gandhi claimed 727 voters had been cancelled.
00:07Voters claim that they have all the required documents, despite that this action was taken.
00:12We are now getting you the reality of Delhi's vote chori claim. Rahul Gautam on the ground.
00:23They are saying that they've been voting here since 1961 and that's one of the electoral rules of 1961.
00:342075, 2002, that's the base year on which SIR exercise is going on and these people are claiming that now
00:43the fact that now their votes have been cut.
00:46Essentially, they'll not be able to claim any government schemes or they'll not be able to be calling themselves as
00:54Indians.
00:54When this country was raised, the first voting was taken, they were running here.
01:01And they were giving this voting permanently.
01:04If anyone has no voting, they were running this voting permanently.
01:08I had a vote in 1998, but my vote was made in 2002.
01:13In 2002, my vote was made in 2002.
01:16And there was no such a vote in 2002, which we didn't participate in the vote.
01:20We didn't participate in the vote.
01:22We did not participate, but we were put in the vote.
01:23We were put in the vote.
01:25The vote was made in 2003.
01:25Our polling number 33 was.
01:26The last time we were 225, the voters of the vote were made in 2002.
01:32We all were voted for the vote.
01:39The vote was made in the 2012.
01:45The vote was made in the country's vote.
01:49There are more people carrying, holding documents here.
01:55These people are claiming that they've been living here since ages
01:58and in fact have also been participating in the electoral process.
02:02And it is only very recently their names have been struck off from the electoral list.
02:08And obviously they are now scared that whether they'll actually be able to take benefits of government schemes or not
02:17or whether they'll actually be able to now participate in voting exercise or not.

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