Warring seeks suspension of SIR till elections
Chandigarh, Sept. 25 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Punjab be suspended until the next assembly elections. This is the only way to ensure that no genuine voter is denied the right to vote, he said. While Punjab draft electoral rolls are yet to be released, there are apprehensions that the names of lakhs of voters may be deleted, he added.
In Assanth of Haryana, Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda said, "After revelations of the two election commissioners in a newspaper report, it became clear that chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar orchestrated rigging in Haryana elections." If elections are not held again, faith in the electoral system will be lost, he said. htc...
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