New Delhi, July 30 -- Mocking the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being held in Bihar, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday stated that the actual meaning of SIR was "Silent Invisible Rigging" claiming that it had been started by the Election Commission in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Banerjee stated that the behaviour of the Election Commission was "partial."

"Under the pretext of SIR, the names of the citizens of this country are being deleted from the list and a residential certificate is being issued in the name of a dog, and the Election Commission is even accepting this residential certificate. There is a residential certificate in the name of a dog, but people cannot cast their votes...