Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday cautioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) against rushing into a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the exercise should be undertaken only after the Bihar assembly elections.

He warned that any haste in conducting the SIR could raise questions about the ECI’s independence and credibility and also create the perception that the the poll panel is acting under political influence.

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Speaking to media persons in Srinagar, Omar Abdullah, while referring to the previous delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir, alleged that it was carried out to benefit one political party. “The way new seats were carved out and constituencies redrawn clearly showed bias,” he added.

He advised the ECI to avoid repeating “such a mista

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