Bhubaneswar, Nov. 11 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday questioned the credibility of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha, alleging that residents of villages along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border continued to hold voter ID cards issued by both states even after the exercise. The party also sought an explanation from the state's election authorities over the alleged duplication.

Raising the issue at a press conference, senior BJD leaders Devi Prasad Mishra and Bijay Nayak questioned how residents of Kotia in Koraput district and Jumdang village in Malkangiri district could remain registered as voters in two states despite the completion of the SIR exercise.

Mishra said the law did not permit an indi...