New Delhi, May 27 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted by the Election Commission (EC) in Bihar, stating that the verdict reaffirmed the constitutional powers of the EC to strengthen democracy and ensure transparency in electoral rolls.

Speaking to ANI, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh said voter list sanitisation was necessary and accused the opposition of attempting to mislead the public over the SIR exercise.

He further alleged that the Congress-led opposition opposed the revision process due to "vote bank politics."

"Supreme Court judgment has once again made it clear that EC has constitutional rights to st...