India, Oct. 22 -- Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said the Opposition's intent in raising questions about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is not to correct irregularities in the poll process, but largely to destabilise Indian democracy.

In an interview to HT, he said the Opposition's bid was to discredit constitutional bodies, and discussed why the Mamata Banerjee government was ousted from West Bengal after 15 years in power. Edited excerpts:

What is the government's response to the Opposition's serious charges of irregularities against the election commission over the conduct of SIR?

The Opposition is frustrated with repeated loses in state after state. The C...