India, Nov. 2 -- Even as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a crucial process for ensuring fair and transparent elections, begins in Madhya Pradesh from November 4 to December 4, the Congress appears more engaged in conducting an internal training camp for its district presidents at Pachmarhi than in field-level monitoring of the voter verification drive.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Saturday announced an eight-member SIR monitoring committee to oversee the voter list revision across the State. However, political observers find it ironic that while the Congress claims credit for pushing the Election Commission to initiate the SIR process following its allegations of 'vote theft', the party's distric...