Hyderabad, June 29 -- Alleging that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is being used as a cover to delete votes of political opponents, Telangana minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday, June 29, urged citizens across Telangana to cooperate with Booth Level Officers (BLO) and ensure their names remain on the voter list.

Speaking at an awareness programme held across four mandals in Husnabad constituency of Siddipet district on Monday, June 29, Prabhakar said nearly one crore votes across the state were currently in a "neutral" or unverified state, with Husnabad constituency alone accounting for 61,000 such entries.

"This government has undertaken the process of removing votes against them in the name of voter re...