Lucknow, Sept. 27 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday hit out at Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee, over their remarks on the Election Commission (EC) and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, asking them to apologise after the poll body clarified that decisions regarding the process were taken jointly by the Commission.

"Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and others have become an automatic machine for spreading lies. The Election Commission has clarified that the decision on the SIR was taken jointly by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the two Election Commissioners. Given this clarification, Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee shoul...