‘Flawed’ SIR process hurting even BJP leaders, says Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that the special intensive revision of electoral rolls was a “flawed process” that was hurting even Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.

“SIR is not just a tool used by the BJP for vote theft and dismantling democracy – it’s a flawed process that has turned into a Frankenstein Monster, now trapping its own people!” he said.

“…perhaps now the powers-that-be are realising” why the Congress has been describing the process as flawed, added the MP.

Kharge said that several BJP leaders, including former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, besides Rajya Sabha MPs, a former Union minister and an ex-chief minister, had been served notices by the Election Commission to prove their eligibility to vote.

“The situation is such that even a Bharat Ratna-awardee scientist and former Navy chief had already been issued notices earlier,” the Congress leader said, referring to CNR Rao and Admiral Arun Prakash (Retired).

On Sunday, it was reported that Election Commissioner SS Sandhu, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal were among the 33 lakh electors in the national capital for whom notices had been generated.

Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and ex-Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur were also reportedly served the notice.

Kharge said on Monday that in Bengal,...

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