Hyderabad, July 7 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Prakash Reddy on Tuesday, July 7, said the Election Commission "is under pressure" from Muslim MLAs who are allegedly appointing Booth Level Officers (BLO) from "their own community" to include illegal voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.

Reddy slammed Asaduddin Owaisi's demand for a "permanent residence certificate (PRC)" as proof of identity for the ongoing SIR, accusing him of "showing interest in Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims."

Owaisi had on Monday, July 6, asked the Telangana government to provide PRC, stating that the Congress government in Karnataka issued similar documents to citizens.

"Owaisi's demand is only to give citizenship...