New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday questioned the outcome of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that only 1,600 foreign nationals were "detected and deleted" across six states despite nearly 10 crore people undergoing the exercise, and alleged that the process was intended to deprive large sections of Indians of their constitutional right to vote.

In a post shared on X, Ramesh said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had described the SIR's three objectives as detecting, deleting and deporting infiltrators to "purify" electoral rolls. Questioning the outcome, he claimed that the exercise had identified only 1,600 foreigners across Karnataka, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Keralam, Goa and Mizo...