Bengaluru, Oct. 29 -- Karnataka Public Works Minister and Congress leader Satish Jarkiholi on Thursday defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, saying the exercise was conducted properly following the training provided by the Congress.

His remarks come ahead of the party's November 1 rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan against what they allege is "vote chori" in the Election Commission's electoral roll revision exercise.

Jarkiholi said the Congress had not protested against SIR in Karnataka but had raised concerns over its implementation in other states.

"We didn't protest about SIR in Karnataka, we raised issues about the SIR process in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar, etc. Because of all the training...