Shimla, Oct. 8 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and Himachal Pradesh chief spokesperson Randhir Sharma on Thursday termed the Congress-led protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls "unconstitutional", saying the exercise is a constitutional process aimed at cleansing voter lists of duplicate and fraudulent entries.

Addressing the media in Shimla and later speaking with ANI, Sharma said SIR has been conducted several times in the country and questioned the rationale behind Congress opposing a process that, he said, addresses many of the same concerns raised by the opposition party over alleged "vote theft".

"Congress' agitation on the issue of SIR is unconstitutional because SIR is a constitutional arran...