New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday mounted a strong defence of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, tracing its history back to the early years of India’s democracy and accusing the Congress of misleading the public about the exercise.

“Till 2004, no one objected to SIR. It is a process by which we can improve elections and make our democracy healthy. If the voter list is corrupt, how can we expect to conduct free and fair elections?” Shah asked.

He added that the Constitution clearly defines the powers of the Election Commission, the process of preparing voter lists, and provisions for changes or improvements.

“When these provisions were made, our party did not even exist,” he pointed out.

Shah argued that duplicate entries are a common error and mus

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