India, Sept. 9 -- Former union finance minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Monday said that the type of practice being attempted in Bihar in the name of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ahead of polls in the state cannot be done in states like Tamil Nadu or Kerala.

Speaking on the matter he said, "Whatever alleged to have happened in Bihar and what is denied by the ECI cannot happen in my view either in Tamil Nadu or Kerala and the reason is simple."

"There are two powerful and very strong alliances in each state and these alliance parties have many hundreds of boots on the ground," he added.

On addition and deletion of the names from the electoral rolls, he said, "No names can be added to the electoral roll without t...