New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Former Delhi High Court judge Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra on Wednesday criticised the opposition INDIA bloc over its street protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and march to the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters.

Speaking to ANI, he countered allegations of "mass voter deletion" during the ECI's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Justice Dhingra said the agitation was a politically motivated media spectacle rather than a genuine concern over voter rights.

Rebutting opposition claims that the SIR exercise is designed to disenfranchise legitimate voters, Justice Dhingra emphasised that intensive electoral roll revision is a mandatory statutory obligation of the Election ...