New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh on Thursday accused union Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading the country over the objectives of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, arguing that official figures cited by him showed that only 1,600 foreign nationals had been identified among nearly 10 crore people covered by the exercise in six states.
In a post on the social media platform X, Ramesh recalled that Shah had described SIR as having a "3D objective" - to "detect, delete and deport" infiltrators - with the stated aim of "purifying" electoral rolls. Questioning the rationale behind the extensive revision, he cited figures from Karnataka, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Kerala, ...