Chandigarh, Oct. 23 -- Launching a blistering attack on the poll body, Punjab Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema alleged that votes belonging to Opposition supporters are being systematically deleted through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to undermine democracy.

The remarks came as the Punjab Vidhan Sabha adopted a resolution against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with the state legislature formally urging the President Murmu to initiate criminal proceedings against the top election official for allegedly stripping the poor and the Opposition of their voting rights.

Talking to ANI here, Cheema said the state legislature has formally petitioned President...