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Why ECI is pushing SIR, Yogendra Yadav explains | What the Bumble & Ranjith cases reveal about consent
Season 1 · Episode 49

Why ECI is pushing SIR, Yogendra Yadav explains | What the Bumble & Ranjith cases reveal about consent

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South Central · The News Minute

October 31, 20251h 22m

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Show Notes

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Anisha Sheth first discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls across the country, and the controversies surrounding it. The hosts are joined by activist and psephologist Yogendra Yadav. In the second part of the session, the hosts discuss two High Court orders–from Kerala and Karnataka– that quash FIRs in sexual harassment cases. They are joined by former lawyer and journalist Sukanya Shaji.


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Audio Timecodes 


00:00:00- Introduction 

00:01:44 - CCTV Series 

00:02:47 - Headlines 

00:08:45 - Support Newslaundry 

00:09:45 - Headlines

00:15:12 - Yogendra Yadav on SIR  

00:54:55- Bumble & Ranjith Cases

01:15:38- Recommendations 


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Produced by Bhuvan Malik, edited by Jaseem Ali and written by Sukanya Shaji.


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