India, July 5 -- The Congress on Saturday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, alleging that the drive is a "deliberate conspiracy" to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.

The party also questioned the documentation process required under the exercise, arguing that the timeline of 25 days given to complete such an extensive verification exercise is unrealistic.

"The way Aadhaar cards were made, it seemed to be an important document. Now, we cannot vote by showing the same Aadhaar card. The type of documents asked (by the Election Commission of India), it is possible that I may get ousted from the electoral r...