Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) be scrapped, alleging that it had deprived more than 13 crore people of their right to vote.

"SIR needs to be cancelled, as it has deprived more than 13 crore people of their right to vote," Tewari said.

He compared the number of people he claimed had been affected by the exercise with the population of countries across the world.

"There are many countries with a total population of 10 crore. Globally, only 16 countries have a population exceeding 10 crore; thus, the number of people here who have been denied the right to vote exceeds the entire population of many nations," he said.

Tewari demanded that the SIR be scrapped and ...