New Delhi, July 16 -- As questions are being raised over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) second-largest ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has sought clarity on "the scope of the exercise"underway in poll-bound in the state which is likely to be replicated nationwide. The TDP said the poll body should make it clear that it is "not related to citizenship verification".
In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on 15 July, by TDP parliamentary party leader Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and signed by five other party leaders, the Andhra Pradesh's ruling party said ,"the scope of the SIR must be clearly...