New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and other opposition leaders have moved the Supreme Court challenging the manner in which the Election Commission of India is implementing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging procedural irregularities and seeking an independent audit of voter databases and deletions.

The petition, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, seeks suspension of the ongoing SIR exercise across the country pending adjudication of the issues raised. It also seeks the constitution of an independent committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to examine the implementation of the revision exerci...