India, Sept. 2 -- Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was aimed at manipulating voter lists and helping the BJP win elections, and urged the Supreme Court to stop what he called bulk deletions.

Sibal's remarks came in response to a media report claiming that BJP agents in Jharkhand's Godda district were seeking deletion of voters, mostly from the minority community. Booth Level Officers, who are employees of the JMM-Congress state government, have reportedly raised concerns over the issue.

In a post on X, Sibal said the alleged targeting of voters amounted to the "politics of exclusion" and called on the Supreme Court to intervene.

He alleged...