India’s Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, has pushed back against US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal over her comments on India’s electoral rolls. In a post on X, he called her remarks “unacceptable interference in India’s internal affairs” and said India is a vibrant democracy with independent institutions and a long record of free and fair elections Jayapal had said she was deeply concerned about the Indian government’s actions to remove 130 million people from the voting rolls, and backed peaceful protests against what she called anti-democratic efforts The Election Commission’s data shows about 72 million entries were removed from draft rolls in the first two phases of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) It says a voter wrongly left out can apply to be added back through the claims and objections process and Form 6 #PramilaJayapal# #VinayMohanKwatra# #SIR# #ElectionCommission# #IndiaUS#