Patna, Sept. 30 -- Launching a sharp attack on the recently conducted Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, Congress today called the entire exercise a "deception" marked by negligence and lack of transparency.
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Rajesh Ram said that the process was never demanded by citizens or political parties, yet it was carried out in such an opaque manner that the Supreme Court had to intervene multiple times to safeguard the basic principles of natural justice.
Despite this, Election Commission official Gyanesh Gupta has declared the exercise a success, which the Congress leader described as questionable.
Highlighting discrepancies, Ram pointed out that around 65 lakh names were deleted f...