New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today raised serious concerns over alleged large-scale electoral irregularities, accusing the ruling party of undermining the foundations of Indian democracy to stay in power.
In a video message on the occasion of 79th Independence Day, Kharge cited the historic words of Dr BR Ambedkar, who, on June 15, 1949, said, "Franchise is a most fundamental thing in a democracy. No person who is entitled to be brought into the electoral rolls....should be excluded merely as a result of prejudice..."
Kharge alleged that under the guise of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, votes of opposition supporters are being deleted en masse. "People who are alive are being declared dead,"...