Varanasi, Oct. 28 -- A day after the poll body announced to conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision across 12 States and Union Territories, Union Minister Anupriya Patel emphasised on Tuesday that the Election Commission is fully authorised to update electoral rolls.

"The Election Commission has full authority to amend the voter list. The names of fake voters should be removed, and all eligible voters should be on the voter list. There is no confusion among the voters. The names of fake voters should be removed; there is nothing wrong with it...," Patel told ANI

The opposition has voiced strong criticism of the move, with the ruling Trinamool Congress TMC in West Bengal alleging that the exercise will "snatch the voting r...