India, Oct. 30 -- Karnataka Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi has defended the Special Intensive Revision of the state's electoral rolls, saying the exercise was conducted properly and that the Congress has no objection to it in Karnataka. The remark puts the minister at odds with his party's national campaign against the revision.

Jarkiholi said the process had been carried out systematically and that staff were given proper training. The revision, he argued, was necessary to identify voters who had shifted residence or died, and those whose names appeared in more than one place. He said the party's objections were confined to West Bengal, Maharashtra and Bihar.

The BJP seized on the comments. In a post on social media, it said Co...