India, Jan. 6 -- Senior Congress leader Gurdeep Singh Sappal on Tuesday alleged that his name and those of his family members were removed from the draft electoral roll released as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Uttar Pradesh.

Sappal, a member of the Congress Working Committee, flagged an alleged flaw in the roll revision exercise, claiming there was no provision to retain the names of voters who have shifted their residence.

"Our names were included in the 2003 voter list. Our names were also included in the voter list of the previous election. The names of our parents were included in the 2003 voter list as well," he said in a post in Hindi on X.

The Congress leader said that he and his family had su...