rohtak: Cong, BJP men face off over SIR exercise
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 over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Saturday. Former minister Manish Grover, accompanied by BJP councillors and others, 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 MLA if votes were stolen," Nandal said. He also alleged that opposition parties were trying to incite instability.
Batra, meanwhile, questioned the BJP leaders' authority to seek explanations from him over grants and development-related issues....
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