Bhubaneswar, Feb. 21 -- Congress MLA Sofia Firdous on Friday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls should be conducted as a routine exercise and must not be "used as a political weapon."

Speaking to ANI on the issue, Firdous said, "SIR should be a normal exercise. It should not be used as a political weapon and misused in any manner."

The Congress leader underlined the importance of adequate training for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to ensure the smooth implementation of the exercise.

"We will expect that, first of all, proper training of all BLOs has to be done. Proper awareness has to be spread amongst all the people and all the voters also, so that they can go and understand if their name is there in the list, ...