Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, October 12, accused the Central government and the Election Commission (EC) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Speaking to the media, Revanth Reddy said the Constitution guarantees voting rights to citizens.

Past SIR

On the past SIR, he said the exercise was intended to help people secure their voting rights. He alleged that it was now being used to delete voters' names.

The Chief Minister claimed that the Centre was using the EC to remove the names of people who oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He alleged that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had been assigned the task of deleting the votes of political opponent...