New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday criticised the INDIA bloc's protest over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questioning why objections were being raised now when the exercise had been conducted earlier as well.

She alleged that Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were using protests to serve their political interests and said the demonstrations had caused losses worth crores of rupees in Delhi.

Questioning the Opposition's objections to SIR, Gupta said the exercise was not being conducted for the first time and cited the previous revision in Delhi in 2002. She also targeted Congress and AAP over their electoral performance in the national capital.

Speaking at a press conferen...