SIR not linked to BJP, Congress campaign lacks substance: Narayanaswamy
Opposition leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy defended the Election Commission's electoral roll revision process in Karnataka. He dismissed Congress party allegations of vote theft as baseless and politically motivated.
Why it matters
The debate reflects ongoing tensions regarding electoral integrity and political discourse in Indian state politics.
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Tuesday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was a process undertaken by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and had nothing to do with the BJP or any political party, while alleging that the Congress’s campaign against it “lacked substance”.
Addressing a press conference in Mysuru, Mr. Narayanaswamy said special revisions of electoral rolls were carried out periodically, usually once every 15 to 20 years, to remove names that were no longer eligible to remain on the rolls.
Names appearing at more than one place and those of deceased persons still figuring in the electoral rolls would also be deleted, he said, adding that this was the purpose of the exercise.
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