Karnal, Oct. 25 -- Workers of the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress had a verbal clash outside the residence of Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra in Rohtak on Saturday. A protest led by former minister Manish Grover over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls escalated into a high-voltage show of political strength.

Grover, accompanied by BJP councillors and aides, reached Batra's residence to hold a demonstration. Batra and his supporters mounted a counter-protest, waving black flags and raising slogans amid a heavy police presence.

Addressing the gathering, BJP state vice-president Satish Nandal accused the Congress of spreading misinformation regarding the SIR process. "We have come to ask Batra how he became an...