Srinagar, Sept. 23 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said India could eventually resemble a "banana republic" if the alleged deletion and addition of names from electoral rolls continued.

She was reacting to reports that two Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded at least 14 objections over 10 months to decisions and communications they said were issued without their knowledge or approval.

Talking to reporters, Mehbooba said India and Pakistan, which she described as "sibling states", appeared to be competing with each other in causing harm to their own people.

"Our country India, which is seen as the largest democracy in the world, and which our Prime M...