New Delhi/ Hyderabad, Oct. 7 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday alleged that the union government was attempting to disenfranchise people through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and warned that the Congress would intensify its agitation and take the fight to Parliament if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar did not resign.
Speaking to the media here after the police action against Congress leaders, Reddy condemned the arrest of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, alleging that the action was aimed at suppressing the Opposition's voice.
The Chief Minister alleged that the SIR exercise ...