Amaravathi, March 16 -- A state-level Special Intensive Revision (SIR) workshop was conducted in Vijayawada, with Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president PVN Madhav clarifying that it was not a party-specific programme.

Speaking on the occasion, Madhav said that the SIR was recently discussed in Parliament. He clarified that it was not a BJP programme and that it was previously conducted in 2002, and was now being implemented again.

He said the programme was conducted under the supervision of the Election Commission (EC) and was a regular process in a democratic system. Madhav added that the SIR exercise was also carried out earlier during the Congress regime.

He explained that the SIR was essentially a voter registration...