Karnal, May 25 -- Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday, while defending the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, said that the government will not let genuine voters face any inconvenience and the opposition have failed to mislead the public.

"The opposition parties have been raising questions over the exercise for a long time, but had failed to mislead the public and losing elections in those states. People are appreciating the move. For example, when I visited a village in Assandh today, residents said that there nearly 2,600 voters but only 1,200 polled. Many have shifted to foreign and other cities, of which many could have two votes," he said.

"The SIR thus aims to remove double or transferred voters. ...