Mumbai, May 20 -- The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) delegation on Wednesday urged Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam to ensure that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Maharashtra does not create the kind of confusion seen in states like Bihar and West Bengal, where nearly 10 per cent of voters' names were deleted. The delegation also stressed that the SIR process should not be used as a tool to influence election outcomes.
The delegation included Congress state president Harshvardhan Sapkal, Shiv Sena leaders Aaditya Thackeray, Anil Parab, Anil Desai, Varun Sardesai, NCP (Sharad Pawar) state president Shashikant Shinde, Jayant Patil, Rajesh Tope, Congress leaders Bunty Patil and Sachin Sawant, and Sarvahara Jan Andolan leader Ul...