Congress has toughened its stand regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list. The party says that this process should be viewed seriously and it is necessary to protect the rights of voters. On the other hand, BJP criticized Congress, calling it unnecessary noise and sarcastically said that Congress should be happy that its vote share has increased by 600 percent after Delhi elections.
BJP cornered Congress on SIR
BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that Congress is making unnecessary statements regarding SIR. He also said that Congress did not get any seat in the Delhi elections, but in the Bihar Assembly elections the party showed its strength by winning 6 seats. Shahnawaz said, ‘Earlier they used to make excuses regarding EVM, now they have got the excuse of SIR.’
#WATCH Delhi: On Special Intensive Revision (SIR), BJP National spokesperson, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain says, “The Congress is making unnecessary statements… The Congress should be happy that its vote share has increased by 600% since the Delhi elections. They got 0 seats in… pic.twitter.com/vpu6QsSH8u
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Congress review meeting
The Congress leadership recently held a meeting to review the process of SIR in 12 states and union territories. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former President Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders attended this meeting. State Congress chief, legislative party leaders and secretaries were also present in the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was to decide the strategy against the party’s defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections and alleged voting irregularities. In Bihar elections, BJP-NDA won 202 seats, while the Grand Alliance got only 35 seats.
Election Commission data
The Election Commission said that out of approximately 51 crore voters in 12 states and union territories, counting forms have been distributed to 50.11 crore voters under SIR. This process is going on in Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Puducherry, Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshadweep.
Assembly elections are to be held in these states Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and West Bengal in 2026. In Assam also, due to elections next year, special revision has been announced there.
Robert Vadra raised questions
Robert Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, raised serious questions on the results of Bihar assembly elections. Accusing the Election Commission, he said that if elections were held in Bihar through ballot paper, the results could have been reversed. Vadra said that there is a fear of election rigging in the minds of people and it was not a clean and fair election.