Punjab, Sept. 30 -- The row over electoral rolls escalated on Wednesday, with BJP leaders publicly backing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and accusing the opposition of running a campaign against the institution rather than an argument about it.
Where the two sides are
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma described the accusations from Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc as a "political campaign". Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said the NDA stands behind the Commission's transparency and adherence to rules.
The opposition's case is about the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls - the ground-up rebuild being run in phases across states, in which every entry is re-verified and the burden of pro...