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XNew Delhi: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday alleged in the Lok Sabha that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is nothing but "backdoor NRC" and a "malafide exercise" of power to selectively disenfranchise people on the basis of religion.

Participating in the debate on 'election reforms', Owaisi also called for building a consensus and making the right to vote a fundamental right.

"I would like to point out at the outset that SIR is violative of parliamentary legislation. It violates the rights prescribed by Parliament and it is contrary to a judgement of the Supreme Court. It is a malafide exercise of power to selectively disenfranchise on the basis of religion," Owaisi claimed.

He asserted that the Election Commission of India (ECI) cannot be "bigger"

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