Bengaluru, July 2 -- Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre has hit out at the authorities over the ongoing SIR process and the preparation of a new voter list, terming it a "blot on democracy and the Constitution".

Speaking on the move, the minister questioned the justification behind creating a fresh list decades after independence, alleging that the exercise is designed to strip thousands of eligible citizens of their voting rights.

"After independence, after so many years, they are preparing a fresh voter list. How can they prepare a fresh voter list? How can they justify it? They want to disqualify thousands and thousands of people from their voting rights. So it is a blot on democracy and the constitution," Khandre told ANI.

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