LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- Clarifying that he never had any objection to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Thursday said his only issue was with its timing. He further said it was sad that the Supreme Court had to intervene in the functioning of the Election Commission of India.

Khan, a former MP and several-time MLA, arrived in Lucknow on Thursday evening and stayed at a private hotel in the Hazratganj area for personal work. He met Sibgatullah Ansari, elder brother of late mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and MLA Mannu Ansari, followed by a meeting with former minister and SP leader Abhishek Mishra.

Speaking to media persons in Lucknow, the SP leader commented on...