Hyderabad, Nov. 5 -- With no illegal immigrants detected in the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in the city, the Hyderabad Lok Sabha Congress in-charge, Mohammed Waliullah Sameer, on Thursday, November 4, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of maligning the Old City through repeated allegations that Rohingya Muslims and illegal Bangladeshi immigrants had been enrolled as voters.

Reacting to the clarification issued by Hyderabad District Election Officer and GHMC Commissioner R V a day ago, Sameer said the SIR had exposed what he described as a politically motivated campaign to defame the predominantly Muslim neighbourhoods of Hyderabad.

"For years, BJP leaders have portrayed Hyderabad's Old City as a haven for Roh...