Hyderabad, May 15 -- The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has urged election authorities to ensure that the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana does not become a "backdoor NRC exercise," while demanding safeguards to protect minorities, migrant workers, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and economically vulnerable voters from wrongful exclusion.

In a detailed memorandum submitted to Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharshan Reddy, TPCC president and MLC B Mahesh Kumar Goud called for the voter verification exercise to be conducted in a "fair, transparent, and impartial manner" and cautioned against hurried implementation ahead of future elections.

The Congress party argued that experiences f...