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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Politics

'SIR really means 'Shah Instigated Removal' of voters: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday flagged the issue of large-scale deletions during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls being carried out by the Election Commission, alleging that the SIR is actually a massive "Shah Instigated Removal" of voters and an "assault on the Constitution".

The opposition party said there is abundant evidence to prove that large-scale deletions across states are overwhelmingly those of voters belonging to the most economically and socially disadvantaged and deprived sections of the society.

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