Hyderabad, May 17 -- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday lambasted Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the Congress party is engaging in "false propaganda" while asserting that people are no longer paying attention to such narratives.

Addressing the media here on the SIR of electoral rolls, the Union Minister defended the Election Commission of India (ECI), stating that it is an independent constitutional body responsible for correcting voter lists and removing irregular entries.

"The Election Commission is an independent body vested with full authority to rectify electoral rolls specifically to remove bogus votes, eliminate duplicate or triplicate entries,...