India, July 23 -- A Janata Dal (United) MP, part of the ruling NDA alliance, has expressed strong reservations on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar, saying the Election Commission lacks practical knowledge of the state's history and geography.
The remark comes at a time when the opposition parties, especially the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), have criticised the roll revision and demanded a discussion over the issue in the Parliament.
JDU MP Giridhari Yadav criticized the EC's handling of the ongoing SIR, saying that the poll body lacks practical knowledge of Bihar's history and geography.
He said that the one-month deadline for submitting documents is impractical and cited his personal experience of ta...
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