Ranchi, Nov. 26 -- Jharkhand Health Minister Dr. Irfan Ansari, who kicked up a controversy after telling people to lock up the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) inside if they visit their homes for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, on Tuesday sought to claify his statement, terming it a "distortion" of his words and an attempt to create unnecessary confusion.
He is quoted as having told people: "If anybody (BLO) comes to remove your name (SIR) from the voter list, lock them inside your house.....I will come and open the lock. Never allow them at any cost to remove your name from the voter list," he said. Ansari also alleged that the BJP is conspiring to brand people as "infiltrators" and eliminate their names from the vote...