Hyderabad, June 15 -- BJP Telangana president N Ramachander Rao on Monday accused the Congress and BRS parties of spreading false propaganda over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and attempting to mislead the public for political gains.
Addressing the media at the BJP state office in Nampally, Rao clarified that the SIR exercise was neither initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor by the BJP. He said the Election Commission had conducted the process 12 times in the past to remove the names of deceased persons, those who had shifted residences and other ineligible entries, while ensuring necessary corrections in electoral rolls.
Describing SIR as a routine and constitutional exercise aimed at maintaining clean a...