Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday questioned the Congress party’s decision to organise a rally on December 14 over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, asserting that the exercise is not new and has been undertaken several times in the past.

He said the Congress itself had demanded the revision after alleging the presence of ineligible voters following the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Speaking to ANI, Joshi said the Election Commission initiated SIR only after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi wrote to the poll body expressing concerns over alleged discrepancies in the voters’ list. He added that similar revisions have been carried out earlier as well, including in Karnataka in 2008, when the names of about 40 lakh voters were removed during a routine updati

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