New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Senior Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, contrasting his tenure with that of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi amid the row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

In a post on X, Ramesh recalled the Rajiv Gandhi government and described him as a Prime Minister who empowered the youth by amending Article 326 of the Constitution during the Winter Session in December 1988 to reduce the minimum voting age from 21 to 18 years.

He wrote, "This is a Tale of Two PMs. One PM got Parliament in its regular Winter Session in Dec 1988 to amend Article 326 of the Constitution to reduce the minimum age for voting from 21 years to 18 years. This was a PM who empow...